Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!news.funet.fi!tukki.jyu.fi!jyu.fi!otto From: otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: LANtastic 3.03: start using ArtiSoft cards, or else... Message-ID: Date: 20 Mar 91 00:02:15 GMT References: <2106@netmbx.UUCP> <9@peanut.UUCP> Sender: news@tukki.jyu.fi (News articles) Organization: Turing Police, Criminal AI section Lines: 21 In-Reply-To: dts@peanut.UUCP's message of 19 Mar 91 01:55:10 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: jyu.fi In article <9@peanut.UUCP> dts@peanut.UUCP (Daniel Senie) writes: Artisoft and most other vendors of network software support a standard called NDIS. Manufacturers of lan adapters have almost all written NDIS drivers for their boards. There is no need to fear being locked into a single brand of boards. Well, there's just this little fact that LANtastic 3.02 standard version will not run with any other cards than Artisoft's own cards, it'll just say "This version will run only with Artisoft software/hardware". You need version 3.02/AI (for Adapter Independent) to be able to use other cards. I guess this is to make sure they can tell who is using non-Artisoft cards with their software before turning the screws on with the 3.03 version. And their current cards are not very good, just WD8003 clones. I do have it from a good source that they will be coming out with new cards before the next software release... -- /* * * Otto J. Makela * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */ /* Phone: +358 41 613 847, BBS: +358 41 211 562 (USR HST/V.32, 24h/d) */ /* Mail: Kauppakatu 1 B 18, SF-40100 Jyvaskyla, Finland, EUROPE */ /* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */