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From: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: EtherPort II device drivers
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Date: 18 Jun 91 14:47:54 GMT
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In article <3372@redstar.dcs.qmw.ac.uk> liam@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (William Roberts;) writes:
}In <1991Jun12.174952.2567@helios.physics.utoronto.ca> 
}sysmark@aurora.physics.utoronto.ca (Mark Bartelt) writes:
}
}>| Does anyone know where I can find a device driver for the old Excelan
}>| EtherPort II card.  I tried contacting Shiva Tech. support since they
}>| now have rights to the EtherPort product line to see if they could
}>| help me but have not heard back from them.
}
}>Dayna Communications (801/531-0600, 801/972-2000) sells one for $49.95
}>plus shipping.  They support only the later-model EtherPort II boards,
}>though.  The original boards were long, and used one vendor's ethernet
}>chip, whereas the later boards were short, and used some other vendor's
}>ethernet chip.
}

I'm told by Dayna that since they no longer sell the cards, they are no longer
selling the drivers! Since I was told that (over 3 months ago) I've made avail-
able the old Dayna drivers via anon-ftp on my Mac (jagubox)... they will remain
until Shiva has written THEIR drivers, which I would then urge people to buy
(if Shiva is as underhanded as Dayna and SELLS them :( )

}
}>If you hear of anyone who provides an A/UX driver for the *old* EtherPort
}>boards, I'd certainly be interested in hearing about it.
}
}This situation is plainly ridiculous. Until such time as someone's legal 
}department asks me to cease and desist, you can get that A/UX 1.1 version of 
}the EtherPort driver software by anonymous FTP:
}
}Host:  redstar.dcs.qmw.ac.uk [138.37.64.4] 
}File:  archive/aux/epdriver.1.1.Z
}Size:  9825 bytes (compressed tar file)
}

Also available on my Mac too... 'Course, the drivers don't allow EtherTalk.
Also, my "version" has a simple installation script which checks for the
correct "bnet" module before installing the drivers...
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