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From: grant@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca ("Grant R. Guenther")
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Omninet packet driver ????
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Date: 30 Mar 91 21:54:27 GMT
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We have a number of old ('87 ?) Corvus Omninet LAN cards.  It is a while since
I've looked at the specs, but as I recall they supported a 1 Mbit CSMA
type LAN on cheap twisted pair wiring.  It may not be possible, but
has anyone out there ever tried making a packet driver for these things ?
Performance would not be great, but it should be possible to make them
behave like ethernet cards.  I have sufficient technical data (somewhere)
to give this a try, but I don't want to re-invent the wheel - nor do I want
to waste time on something that has already been proven impossible.  Does
anyone have any wisdom on this ?

Thanks

Grant Guenther,  Math & C.S., Laurentian U., Sudbury, Canada
grant@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca