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From: mwb@jpradley.jpr.com (Michael Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Lantastic AI with 3COM/Western Digital
Message-ID: <1991Apr08.000034.4845@jpradley.jpr.com>
Date: 8 Apr 91 00:00:34 GMT
References: <1991Apr6.234843.7677@cc.curtin.edu.au>
Sender: Michael Brown
Organization: NYC Public Unix
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In article <1991Apr6.234843.7677@cc.curtin.edu.au> sdalera@cc.curtin.edu.au writes:
>Recently I have been able to pick up 2 Ethernet cards (for an IBM PC).
>
>Western Digital WD8003E
>3COM Etherlink I
>
>I am considering using a networking package called Lantastic (a low-cost
>peer-peer networking package).  I've heard conflicting reports on whether
>this 3COM card will work properly.  I have got a NetBIOS driver for the
>WD8003E card (written by WD) but have no such thing for the 3COM.
>
>My questions are:
>
>1.  Exactly which driver needs to be used for the WD8003E.
>
>2.  Is there a 3COM NetBIOS driver available?  
>
>3.  Which drivers are supplied with the AI (Adaptor-Independent) version
>    of Lantastic?
>
>4.  Since these drivers are usually publicly available, does anyone know
>    of an FTP site(or UUENCODE them to me) for such drivers.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Richard.

According to Artisoft's Compatibility List -

1. The WD8003.EXE driver supplied with LANtastic/AI will work, if your card
is one of the following:
   WD8003 EBT rev X0
   WD8013 EBT rev X0
   Elite16 WD8013 EV B 48903

2. The 3Com 3C501, 3C503, 3C505 and 3C523 with their NetBios is listed as
incompatible.

3. The following additional drivers are supplied:
   NEX000.EXE (Novell compatible) for  Accton EtherCoax-8 en1809
                                       Accton EtherCoax-16 en1603-n2
                                       Artisoft AE2 in NE2000 mode revs. C,E
                                       Novell NE2000 rev H
                                       Novell Micro Channel rev F
                                       Sureman Computer & Communication NE-1
   PATCC.COM for Xircom PA02B6-8K ARCNet
   PE.EXE for Xircom Pocket Ethernet PE10B2-8K
   SMCARC.EXE for Standard Microsystems SMC PC200 rev A and PC500WS rev C
   TCARC.EXE for Thomas Conrad TC6045 AT rev C and TC6142 rev C.

The list is dated 3/11/91.

Mike Brown