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From: pipkins@qmsseq.imagen.com (Jeff Pipkins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Ethernet Card and Compaq 366/20
Keywords: WD, Compaq 386/20, Ethernet
Message-ID: <108@qmsseq.imagen.com>
Date: 5 Feb 90 20:25:43 GMT
References: <2111@thorin.misemi>
Reply-To: pipkins@qmsseq.UUCP (Jeff Pipkins)
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Organization: QMS Inc., Mobile, Alabama
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In article <2111@thorin.misemi> infotech@mitel (Ross Bannerman) writes:
>
>	I am trying to use a Western Digital WD8003E Ethernet adapter
>on a Compaq 386/20 machine, and am having very little success. Here's
>some of the details:
>
>	Computer: Compaq 386/20
>		  Compaq VGA board
>		  2 serial, 1 parallel port
>		  2 meg memory using Compaq EMM
>	WD8003e Ethernet Card:
>		  IRQ selectable 2-7
>		  I/O Address selectable h200-h3E0
>		  RAM buffer selectable hA0000-hEFFFF

May I suggest setting the WD8003E to IRQ5, I/O addr x280, mem addr xCE00:0000 ?

The trick is mostly to pick a memory address that does not conflict with
the EMS page and VGA memory.  Also, the WD will not map just anywhere,
there are some limitations on where you can set it.

After much experimentation with many PCs, the IRQ5/x280/xCE00 seems to be
a very good combination and works with VGA and EMS.

Hope this helps.
-Jeff Pipkins
pipkins@imagen.com