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From: skip@gatech.CSNET (Skip Addison)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc,net.dcom,net.lan
Subject: Re: Looking for PC hardware information.
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Date: Sun, 12-May-85 15:16:34 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 12 15:16:34 1985
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Summary: 

>  > We are looking for information/pointers to information
>  > on the following items :
>  > - Ethernet interfaces for IBM-PC.
>  
>  The only one I'm aware of is, unfortuantely, the 3-COM board.
>  
>  -Ron
>  
>  
I've looked pretty hard at some cards for IBM-PC.  In particular, I've
looked at the (old) 3-COM board, the InterLAN board, and Ungermann-Bass's
two boards.

The 3-COM board has a lot of third party support.  That's its main feature.
The InterLAN board is designed for OEMs and sophisticated end-users who
want to write their own software.  InterLAN provides the XNS protocols
through SPP, but no user or operating system interface.  Ungermann-Bass
makes two boards, one with an on-board 186 processor and one without.
The intelligent board is designed to go in a server, while the other board
is designed for low cost.  They come normally with XNS through SPP (but not
with much programmer support for same) and MS-NET file and print service
protocols.  U-B also has ported ISO and TCP-IP protocols to the boards, but
that's only available for OEMs.

Which board is better depends (naturally) on what you want to do with it.

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