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From: kirchner@informatik.uni-kl.de (Reinhard Kirchner)
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Subject: Re: Western Digital model numbers
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Date: 6 Jun 91 12:57:15 GMT
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From article <1991Jun5.110212@ece.arizona.edu>, by wpd@ece.arizona.edu (William P. Delaney):
> I am looking for a WD8013 Ethernet adapter.  I was told that Western Digital's
> 16-bit adapter is now referred to as the WDLANEP16.  Does anyone know if this
> is just a WD8013 with a new name stamped on it?  Or is it a completely new
> design?

There is a complete new family of boards, the ELITE line. These are functionaly
nearly identical ( the new drivers work with the old ones, not vice versa )
but are higher integrated, with fewer chips, smd tech, and they are
software configurable through a eeprom. Jumpers are needed only for thick/thin
and for a emergency address ( to soft-configure if one lost the address in the
eeprom )

Reinhard Kirchner
Univ. Kaiserslautern, Germany
kirchner@uklirb.informatik.uni-kl.de