home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
-
- LANtastic(TM) AE-2(TM) and AE-2 MC(TM) Adapters
- Standard Bus and Micro Channel
-
- When PC Magazine ran LANtastic NOS over LANtastic AE-2 Ethernet Adapters,
- they wrote: "LANtastic blows away the DOS-based competition in terms of
- performance." (May 29, 1990)
-
- LANtastic AE-2 Ethernet is an 8/16-bit adapter that can be used in either a
- 16-bit or an 8-bit slot, or run in 8-bit mode in a 16-bit slot. The adapter
- auto-senses between these two modes and switches itself for higher per-
- formance.
-
- LANtastic AE-2 MC Ethernet for Micro Channel machines is a 16-bit adapter
- that can be used in either a 16-bit or a 32-bit slot.
-
- AE-2 Ethernet and AE-2 MC Ethernet are downward compatible with Novell's
- NE2000 hardware.
-
- Both adapters are in 100% compliance with IEEE 802.3 and Ethernet standards.
- And both come with on-board 16K RAM that is user expandable to 64K.
-
- A high-performance transceiver drives cable lengths up to 300 meters (984
- feet) per segment with thin RG-58A/U coaxial cable (Cheapernet) and will
- handle 30 nodes per segment. Or using an external transceiver with thick
- Ethernet cable, LANtastic AE-2 and AE-2 MC Ethernet support network segments
- of up to 500 meters (1640 feet) and 100 nodes.
-
- Specifications.
-
- Hardware compatibility:
- *Five-year warranty
- *Standard Bus (ISA): IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2 model 30, 30-286 and compatibles,
- and 386-based IBM PC bus compatibles
- *Downward compatible with Novell NE2000
- *Jumper for non-standard bus
- *Micro Channel: IBM PS/2 Micro Channel and compatibles
-
- PC requirements:
- *One floppy drive
- *PC or MS DOS 3.1 or higher (3.2 not recommended)
- *Standard Bus (ISA): One 16- or 8-bit slot (hardware and software auto-senses
- between these two modes)
- *Micro Channel: One 16- or 32-bit slot in PS/2
-
- Standard:
- *IEEE 802.3 10Base5
- *IEEE 802.3 10Base2
-
- Data Transfer Rate:
- *10 megabits per second
-
- LAN Controller
- *NS 8390 chip set
- Buffer RAM:
- *On-board 16K, user expandable to 64K
- *Automatically switches to correct RAM size when the chips are inserted
-
- Boot ROM:
- *Optional
-
- I/O Base Address:
- *Standard Bus (ISA): 300h, 320h, 340h and 360h
- *Micro Channel: 300h, 320h, 340h, 360h, 1000h, 2020h and 8020h
-
- Interrupt Request Lines (IRQs):
- *Standard Bus (ISA): 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 and 15
- *Micro Channel: 3, 4, 5 and 9
-
- DMA Channels (Standard Bus):
- *1, 3, 5, 7 are available if needed (The AE-2 NetBIOS software provided does
- not use DMA channels)
- *Jumper enable
-
- Power Requirements
- Standard Bus (ISA):
- *+5V 1100mA max
- *+12V 200mA max supplied to external transceiver
- Micro Channel:
- *+5V 1300mA max
- *+12V 175mA max supplied to external transceiver
-
- Access Protocol:
- *CSMA/CD
-
- Topology:
- *Linear bus
-
- Maximum network cable lengths per segment:
- *Up to 185 meters (607 feet) with RG-58A/U coax cable (Cheapernet)
- *Up to 300 meters (984 feet) with RG-58A/U coax cable (Cheapernet) using
- jumper option not in compliance with the IEEE 802.3 standard
- *500 meters (1640 feet) with Ethernet cable
-
- Maximum nodes per segment:
- *30 nodes (RG-58A/U)
- *100 nodes (Ethernet)
-
-