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- The AE-2 network adapter is your smart solution to Ethernet
- connections with thick and thin coaxial cable, winner of the
- 1991 World Class Award from PC World magazine. The AE-2
- intelligent network interface card configures itself--it
- recognizes and adapts to how much memory is on board, and
- whether it is inserted in an 8- or 16-bit slot. The AE-2 adapter
- finds its own optimum settings so you don't have to bother.
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- Suitable for use with any Ethernet system including the Artisoft
- LANtastic Network Operating System, the AE-2 adapter is as easy
- to install and set up as the LANtastic system itself. The
- adapter is compatible with Novell NE2000 cards but offers more
- features such as providing additional IRQ (interrupt request)
- lines so it won't conflict with other expansion equipment.
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- Included with the adapter is its software driver containing the
- Artisoft NetBIOS standard and a user's manual written in plain
- English.
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- As your network grows, the most efficient use of office resources
- comes through the peer-to-peer LANtastic Network Operating
- System. It makes file and equipment sharing easy by enabling any
- workstation on the network to also be a server. In a diskless
- workstation, the AE-2 adapter allows you to boot your computer
- across the network with Artisoft's programmable PEROM chips. And
- in an office where portables need to connect to the network and
- sudden expansion needs are common, the Central Station
- connectivity platform is an open port to an Ethernet system.
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- [{Features}]
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- o 16K onboard memory, expandable to 64K
- o Automatically switches to correct RAM size with installation
- of chips
- o Downward-compatible with the Novell NE2000 Ethernet
- adapter
- o Intelligence feature detects and responds automatically to
- type of slot and installed memory
- o Additional Interrupt Request (IRQ) lines allow more
- flexibility than other adapters
- o Jumper allows installation in non-standard bus
- o Connects with thick and thin Ethernet cable
- o 10 megabits per second data transfer rate
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- [{Specifications}]
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- PC requirements:
- o IBM PC and compatible computers (ISA bus)
- o One floppy drive (will support diskless workstations with
- remote boot PEROM)
- o MS-DOS 3.1 or higher (3.2 not recommended)
- o One 8- or 16-bit expansion slot (autosenses between modes)
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- Power requirements:
- o +5V 1100mA max
- o +12v 200mA max supplied to external transceiver
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- Dimensions:
- 4.88" x 8.0" x .8" (including bracket)
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- Standards:
- o IEEE 802.3 10BASE2 (thin Ethernet)
- o IEEE 802.3 10BASE5 (thick Ethernet)
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- Data transfer rate:
- o 10 megabits per second
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- LAN controller:
- o NS 83902 chip
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- Buffer RAM:
- o 16K on-board (user expandable to 64K)
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- I/O addresses:
- o 300h, 320h, 340h and 360h
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- Interrupt request lines (IRQs):
- o 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 and 15
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- DMA channels:
- o 1, 3, 5, 7 are available if needed (AE-2 driver software
- provided does not use DMA channels)
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- Access protocol:
- o CSMA/CD
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- Topology:
- o Linear bus
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- Maximum number of nodes per segment:
- o 30 nodes/segment (thin Ethernet)
- o 100 nodes/segment (thick Ethernet)
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- Maximum network cable lengths per segment:
- o Up to 185 meters (607 feet) with RG-58A/U or RG-58C/U
- coax cable (thin Ethernet)
- o Up to 300 meters (984 feet) with RG-58A/U or RG-58C/U
- coax cable using jumper option not in compliance
- with the IEEE 802.3 standard
- o Up to 500 meters (1640 feet) with thick Ethernet cable
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- Optional Artisoft products (sold separately):
- o Boot ROM and programmable PEROM chips enable remote
- booting from diskless workstations
- o Central Station connectivity platform allows easy-on,
- easy-off connections for portables and peripherals
- o LANtastic for Windows software provides a Windows
- graphical interface for network utilities
- o LANtastic for NetWare program adds valuable peer-to-
- peer networking features to a Novell NetWare network
- o ArtiCom software provides network modem sharing and
- terminal emulation
- o The Network Eye program offers remote network management
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