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- {LANtastic AE-2(TM) and AE-2 MC(TM) Adapters}
- {Standard Bus and Micro Channel}
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- 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)
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- AE-2 Ethernet and AE-2 MC Ethernet are downward compatible with
- Novell's NE2000 hardware.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- [{Specifications}]
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- Hardware compatibility:
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- o Standard Bus (ISA): IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2 model 30, 30-286 and
- compatibles, and 386-based IBM PC bus compatibles
- o Downward compatible with Novell NE2000
- o Jumper for non-standard bus
- o Micro Channel: IBM PS/2 Micro Channel and compatibles
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- PC requirements:
- o One floppy drive
- o PC or MS DOS 3.1 or higher (3.2 not recommended)
- o Standard Bus (ISA): One 16- or 8-bit slot (hardware and software
- auto-senses between these two modes)
- o Micro Channel: One 16- or 32-bit slot in PS/2
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- Standard:
- o IEEE 802.3 10BASE5
- o IEEE 802.3 10BASE2
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- Data Transfer Rate:
- o 10 megabits per second
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- LAN Controller
- o NS 8390 chip set
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- Buffer RAM:
- o On-board 16K, user expandable to 64K
- o Automatically switches to correct RAM size when the chips are
- inserted
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- Boot ROM:
- o Optional
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- I/O Base Address:
- o Standard Bus (ISA): 300h, 320h, 340h and 360h
- o Micro Channel: 300h, 320h, 340h, 360h, 1000h, 2020h and 8020h
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- Interrupt Request Lines (IRQs):
- o Standard Bus (ISA): 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 and 15
- o Micro Channel: 3, 4, 5 and 9
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- DMA Channels (Standard Bus):
- o 1, 3, 5, 7 are available if needed (The AE-2 NetBIOS software
- provided does not use DMA channels)
- o Jumper enable
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- Power Requirements
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- Standard Bus (ISA):
- o +5V 1100mA max
- o +12V 200mA max supplied to external transceiver
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- Micro Channel:
- o +5V 1300mA max
- o +12V 175mA max supplied to external transceiver
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- Access Protocol:
- o CSMA/CD
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- Topology:
- o Linear bus
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- Maximum network cable lengths per segment:
- o Up to 185 meters (607 feet) with RG-58A/U coax cable
- (Cheapernet)
- o 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
- o 500 meters (1640 feet) with Ethernet cable
- Maximum nodes per segment:
- o 30 nodes (RG-58A/U)
- o 100 nodes (Ethernet)
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