Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Ethernet chip sources/references needed Message-ID: <1989Jun7.211342.6788@utzoo.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <1053@necis.UUCP> <552@qvax2.UUCP> <1146@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 89 21:13:42 GMT In article <1146@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> normt@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (Norman R Tiedemann) writes: > SEEQ > ---- > > 8003 Ethernet Data Link Controller (EDLC) > 8023A Machester Code Converter (MCC) > > These are very much like the others, except the SEEQ chip does not > have any internal DMA capabilities. If you are looking for a cheap > system, that does not have to handle much load, the SEEQ is ok. > For anything else I can not recommend it... Seeq has a new chip, the 8005, which looks reasonable. From the spec sheet, at least... -- You *can* understand sendmail, | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology but it's not worth it. -Collyer| uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu