Re: Elks networking

Alan <[email protected]> Tue, 31 May 2016 11:07:14 +0100

Newsgroups	org.kernel.vger.linux-8086
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> Ideally, it would be better if we had an NE2000 Ethernet card driver;
> I once bought an NE2000-compatible 8-bit ISA card but the 8086 PC I

If it was 8bit it was not NE2000 compatible but would be NE1000
compatible. It is possible to drive some NE2K clones in 8bit slots and
there is a special DOS packet driver for it, but a standard NE2000
driver won't work. A modified 3C509 driver also works with some PC/XT
class hardware.

Alan