Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!voder!pyramid!leadsv!practic!brunner From: brunner@practic.UUCP (Thomas Eric Brunner) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: FDDI cards Message-ID: <48192@practic.UUCP> Date: 24 May 91 03:02:28 GMT References: <1991May21.190618.2247@cbnewsl.att.com> <20227@uudell.dell.com> Reply-To: brunner@practic.UUCP (Thomas Eric Brunner) Organization: Practical Computing Inc., Sunnyvale Lines: 27 In article <20227@uudell.dell.com> sblair@upurbmw.dell.com (Steve Blair) writes: >In article <1991May21.190618.2247@cbnewsl.att.com>, fmf@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (frank.fawzi) writes: >|> >|> Does anyone know of an FDDI card for the ISA (AT BUS)? What about >|> MCA or EISA Buses? Does it make sense from a through-put stand >|> point to use an FDDI card in an ISA box with a 386 processor? >|> I'll also add Schneider & Koch, a German firm to Steve's recommendation. They've an AMD 29000 on the card with tcp/ip already in place. Bandwidth is a bit better than 3Mb/sec. When I survayed the field last InterOp (in my copious free time), they appeared the fastest and most versatile, of course, they may be more expensive due to the bit-slice engine. Does it make sense? That depends. You can run the card standalone faster than the rated clock for the cpu board, or you can argure that for some applications throughput is inherently limited, e.g., attaching a tree of cheapo boxes to a fddi ring. In case it isn't obvious, I really wanted to build a TR/FDDI bridge out of the S&K card. Unfortunately Santa had a surplus of coal. -- #include Eric Brunner 4bsd/RT Project inet: brunner@monet.berkeley.edu uucp: uunet!practic!brunner trying to understand multiprocessing is like having bees live inside your head.