[comp.dcom.lans] PC/AT Ethernet card scorecard STATUS

mshiels@tmsoft.uucp (Michael A. Shiels) (03/21/91)

I am about to fold this project up since I seem to be the only person
inetersted in taking a little time to type in the technical specs on
some of the cards I have around.  I have had LOTS and LOTS of requests
for copies of the scorecard but alas have only had 1 or 2 submissions.

If I don't seem some more this scorecard will go the way of the PC TCP/IP
scorecard which seems to have died.  Maybe that's an easier one for me
to get updated?

gt@hprnd.rose.hp.com (Glenn Talbott) (04/02/91)

Well, I have tried several times to contact Michael by E-mail to submit a
scorecard, but my messages seem to be going into a black hole. Since I
can't seem to get to him, I will just post the scorecard here.

Here is the official (blessed by HP management) scorecard for all current HP
PC Lan cards.


Glenn Talbott
R&D Lab Current Product Engineering & Hotsite Management
Hewlett-Packard Roseville Networks Division
gt@hprnd.rose.hp.com

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                      Hewlett-Packard Card Scorecard
                      ------------------------------
                            
. means the card does not have the attribute
X means the card has the attribute
? means not verified one way or the other
 
Manufacturer                |Card size|         Cable plugs          |
    Model                   | 1  3  1 |                 10baseT|Fiber|
                            | /  /    |AUI|Coax|STP|UTP| 11| 45|Optic|
____________________________|_2__4____|___|____|___|___|_______|_____|
HP EtherTwist (10BaseT)     |         |   |    |   |   |       |     |
   HP27245 ISA   8-bit      | X       | . | .  | . | . | a   X |  .  |
   HP27246 MCA  16-bit      |       X | . | .  | . | . | a   X |  .  |
   HP27247 ISA  16-bit      |       X | . | .  | . | . | a   X |  .  |
   HP27248 EISA 32-bit      |       X | X | .  | . | . | a   X |  b  |
HP ThinLAN (10Base2)        |         |   |    |   |   |       |     |
   HP27250 ISA   8-bit      | X       | X | X  | . | . | .   c |  b  |
                            |         |   |    |   |   |       |     |
a = 10baseT and optional phone goes in RJ45.  Phone only is split out to RJ11.
b = HP28683 Fiber Optic (FOIRL)  MAU can be attached to the AUI connector.
c = HP28685 EtherTwist (10BaseT) MAU can be attached to the AUI connector.

1/2 - 1/2 card or approximately
3/4 - 3/4 card or approximately
1   - full card or approximately
AUI - standard thick ethernet
Coax - standard thin ethernet
STP - proprietary Shielded Twisted Pair
UTP - proprietary Unshielded Twisted Pair
10BaseT 11 - 10baseT with RJ11
10BaseT 45 - 10baseT with RJ45
Fiber Optic - fiber optic (wow eh!)
    
 
Manufacturer                | LEDs present
    Model                   |                                         Link
                            | Transmit | Receive | Error | Parity | Integrity |
____________________________|__________|_________|_______|________|___________|
HP EtherTwist (10BaseT)     |          |         |       |        |           |
   HP27245 ISA   8-bit      |    .     |    .    |   .   |   .    |     .     |
   HP27246 MCA  16-bit      |    .     |    .    |   .   |   .    |     .     |
   HP27247 ISA  16-bit      |    .     |    .    |   .   |   .    |     .     |
   HP27248 EISA 32-bit      |    T     |    R    |   .   |   .    |     R     |
HP ThinLAN (10Base2)        |          |         |       |        |           |
   HP27250 ISA   8-bit      |    .     |    .    |   .   |   .    |     .     |
                            |          |         |       |        |           |
T = Tx LED blinks ON during packet transmit.
R = Rx LED stays ON if 10BaseT Link Integrity is sensed; blinks OFF during 
    packet reception.
 

Manufacturer                |  FCC  | Warranty |
    Model                   | A | B |          |
____________________________|___|___|__________|
HP EtherTwist (10BaseT)     |       |          |
   HP27245 ISA   8-bit      |     B | 1-year   |
   HP27246 MCA  16-bit      |     B | 1-year   |
   HP27247 ISA  16-bit      |     B | 1-year   |
   HP27248 EISA 32-bit      |     B | 1-year   |
HP ThinLAN (10Base2)        |       |          |
   HP27250 ISA   8-bit      |     B | 1-year   |
                            |       |          |
    
 
Manufacturer                |   Configuration    | Software |
    Model                   | Jumpers | Software |  Detect  |
____________________________|_________|__________|__________|
HP EtherTwist (10BaseT)     |         |          |          |
   HP27245 ISA   8-bit      | IO1 LI1 | IV       | IV LI    |
   HP27246 MCA  16-bit      |     LI1 | IV IO2   | IV    IO |
   HP27247 ISA  16-bit      | IO1 LI1 | IV       | IV LI    |
   HP27248 EISA 32-bit      |     AUI | IV LI2 DC|    LI DC |
HP ThinLAN (10Base2)        |         |          |          |
   HP27250 ISA   8-bit      | IO1 AUI | IV       | IV       |
                            |         |          |          |
IO1 = Rocker switches configures I/O addresses.
IO2 = Software configures I/O addresses.
LI1 = Rocker switch switch enables/disables 10baseT Link Integrity.
LI2 = Software enables/disables 10baseT Link Integrity.
IV  = Software configures which Interrupt Vector adapter will use.
AUI = Jumper selects AUI port or direct media connection (BNC or RJ45)
DC  = Software selects which EISA Slave DMA Channel to use
    
 
Manufacturer                |    Bus Interface    |  Bus   |
    Model                   |  ISA     EISA   MCA | Master |
                            | 8   16 |  32  |     |        |
____________________________|___|____|______|_____|________|
HP EtherTwist (10BaseT)     |                     |        |
   HP27245 ISA   8-bit      | X   .     .      .  |   .    |
   HP27246 MCA  16-bit      | .   .     .      X  |   .    |
   HP27247 ISA  16-bit      | .   X     .      .  |   .    |
   HP27248 EISA 32-bit      | .   .     X      .  |   .    |
HP ThinLAN (10Base2)        |                     |        |
   HP27250 ISA   8-bit      | X   .     .      .  |   .    |
                            |                     |        |
    
 
Manufacturer                | Onboard                  
    Model                   |                 Ethernet              Memory
                            |  CPU  | Controller   Transceiver |  Low   High |
____________________________|_______|____________|_____________|______|______|
HP EtherTwist (10BaseT)     |       |            |             |      |      |
   HP27245 ISA   8-bit      |   .   | DP8290/1   | AT&T T7220  |  32K |  32K |
   HP27246 MCA  16-bit      |   .   | DP8290/1   | AT&T T7220  |  64K |  64K |
   HP27247 ISA  16-bit      |   .   | DP8290/1   | AT&T T7220  |  64K |  64K |
   HP27248 EISA 32-bit      |   .   | DP8290/1   | AT&T T7220  |  64K |  64K |
HP ThinLAN (10Base2)        |       |            |             |      |      |
   HP27250 ISA   8-bit      |   .   | DP8290/1   | DP8392      |  32K |  32K |
                            |       |            |             |      |      |

Manufacturer                | Software Interface 
    Model                   |       ISA DMA         |    |         |
                            | byte | burst | demand | IO | Memory  |
____________________________|______|_______|________|____|_________|
HP EtherTwist (10BaseT)     |      |       |        |    |         |
   HP27245 ISA   8-bit      |  .   |   .   |   .    | X  |   .     |
   HP27246 MCA  16-bit      |  .   |   .   |   .    | X  |   .     |
   HP27247 ISA  16-bit      |  .   |   .   |   .    | X  |   .     |
   HP27248 EISA 32-bit      |  .   |   .   |   .    | .  |   .     |
HP ThinLAN (10Base2)        |      |       |        |    |         |
   HP27250 ISA   8-bit      |  .   |   .   |   .    | X  |   .     |
                            |      |       |        |    |         |

Manufacturer                | IO Port Addresses
    Model                   | 
____________________________|_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 
HP EtherTwist (10BaseT)     | ISA/MCA adapters use 16 ports (e.g. 200-21F)
   HP27245 ISA   8-bit      | 200 | 240 | 280 | 2C0 | 300 | 320 | 340 |     |
   HP27246 MCA  16-bit      | 400 |1400 |2400 |3400 |4400 |5400 |6400 |7400 |
   HP27247 ISA  16-bit      | 200 | 240 | 280 | 2C0 | 300 | 320 | 340 |     |
   HP27248 EISA 32-bit      | zC00-zCBF, where z is the slot number         |
HP ThinLAN (10Base2)        |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
   HP27250 ISA   8-bit      | 200 | 240 | 280 | 2C0 | 300 | 320 | 340 |     |
                            |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
 
 
Manufacturer                | ISA/MCA DMA Channels
    Model                   |     8 bit     |    16 bit
                            | 0   1   2   3 | 4   5   6   7 
____________________________|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
HP EtherTwist (10BaseT)     |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
   HP27245 ISA   8-bit      | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
   HP27246 MCA  16-bit      | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
   HP27247 ISA  16-bit      | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
HP ThinLAN (10Base2)        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
   HP27250 ISA   8-bit      | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
                            |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
 
 
Manufacturer                | EISA 32-bit Slave DMA Channels
    Model                   | 0   1   2   3 | 4   5   6   7 
____________________________|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
HP EtherTwist (10BaseT)     |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
   HP27247 EISA 32-bit      | X | X | . | X | . | X | X | X |
                            |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

 
 
Manufacturer                | IRQ numbers
    Model                   | 2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  
____________________________|___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 
HP EtherTwist (10BaseT)     |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
   HP27245 ISA   8-bit      | . | X | X | X | . | X | . | X | . | . | . |
   HP27246 MCA  16-bit      | . | X | X | X | . | X | . | X | X | X | X |
   HP27247 ISA  16-bit      | . | X | X | X | . | X | . | X | . | . | . |
   HP27248 EISA 32-bit      | . | X | X | X | . | X | . | . | X | X | X |
HP ThinLAN (10Base2)        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
   HP27250 ISA   8-bit      | . | X | X | X | . | X | . | X | . | . | . |
                            |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

Manufacturer                | Interface RAM 
    Model                   |    Size       Addresses
                            |  Low | High |
____________________________|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|
HP EtherTwist (10BaseT)     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
   HP27245 ISA   8-bit      |  n/a |  n/a |   .  |   .  |   .  |   .  |   .  |
   HP27246 MCA  16-bit      |  n/a |  n/a |   .  |   .  |   .  |   .  |   .  |
   HP27247 ISA  16-bit      |  n/a |  n/a |   .  |   .  |   .  |   .  |   .  |
   HP27248 EISA 32-bit      |  n/a |  n/a |   .  |   .  |   .  |   .  |   .  |
HP ThinLAN (10Base2)        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
   HP27250 ISA   8-bit      |  n/a |  n/a |   .  |   .  |   .  |   .  |   .  |
                            |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
n/a = Not Applicable; onboard RAM not accessable thru Shared Memory interface

 
Manufacturer                | Interface ROM
    Model                   |    Size       Addresses
                            |  Low | High |
____________________________|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|
HP EtherTwist (10BaseT)     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
   HP27245 ISA   8-bit      |  .   |  .   |   .  |   .  |   .  |   .  |   .  |
   HP27246 MCA  16-bit      |  .   |  .   |   .  |   .  |   .  |   .  |   .  |
   HP27247 ISA  16-bit      |  .   |  .   |   .  |   .  |   .  |   .  |   .  |
   HP27248 EISA 32-bit      |  .   |  .   |   .  |   .  |   .  |   .  |   .  |
HP ThinLAN (10Base2)        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
   HP27250 ISA   8-bit      |  .   |  .   |   .  |   .  |   .  |   .  |   .  |
                            |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
 

 
Manufacturer                | BOOT PROMs available
    Model                   |                  SUN              LANMAN
                            | 3com | Novell | PCNFS | BWNFS | DOS   OS/2 |
____________________________|______|________|_______|_______|_____|______|______|
 
HP EtherTwist (10BaseT)     |      |        |       |       |     |      |      |
   HP27245 ISA   8-bit      |  .   |   .    |   .   |   .   |  .  |   .  |      |
   HP27246 MCA  16-bit      |  .   |   .    |   .   |   .   |  .  |   .  |      |
   HP27247 ISA  16-bit      |  .   |   .    |   .   |   .   |  .  |   .  |      |
   HP27248 EISA 32-bit      |  .   |   .    |   .   |   .   |  .  |   .  |      |
HP ThinLAN (10Base2)        |      |        |       |       |     |      |      |
   HP27250 ISA   8-bit      |  .   |   .    |   .   |   .   |  .  |   .  |      |
                            |      |        |       |       |     |      |      |
 

Manufacturer                | Software Drivers Available
    Model                   |     NDIS    |   FTP  | SCO Unix |
                            |  DOS | OS/2 | Packet |          |
____________________________|_1__2_|_1__2_|________|__________|
HP EtherTwist (10BaseT)     |      |      |        |          |
   HP27245 ISA   8-bit      | X  . | X  . |Clarkson|    X     |
   HP27246 MCA  16-bit      | X  . | X  . |Clarkson|    X     |
   HP27247 ISA  16-bit      | X  . | X  . |Clarkson|    X     |
   HP27248 EISA 32-bit      | .  . | .  . |   .    |    .     |
HP ThinLAN (10Base2)        |      |      |        |          |
   HP27250 ISA   8-bit      | X  . | X  . |Clarkson|    X     |
                            |      |      |        |          |
NDIS DOS 1 - NDIS 1.x drivers for DOS
NDIS DOS 2 - NDIS 2.x drivers for DOS
NDIS OS/2 1 - NDIS 1.x drivers for OS/2
NDIS OS/2 2 - NDIS 2.x drivers for OS/2
FTP Packet - this field can contain the following
                FTP - from FTP software
                Clarkson - from the clarkson collection
                manuf - from the manufacturer
SCO Unix - Santa Cruz Operation Unix V/386 release 3.2 Streams
 
    
Manufacturer                | Software Drivers Available
    Model                   |  Novell   |  DEC |   FTP  |  SUN  | 
                            | OBJ | ODI | PCSA | Native | PCNFS |
____________________________|_____|_____|______|________|_______|
HP EtherTwist (10BaseT)     |     |     |      |        |       |
   HP27245 ISA   8-bit      |  X  |  X  |  .   |   .    |   ?   |
   HP27246 MCA  16-bit      |  X  |  X  |  .   |   .    |   ?   |
   HP27247 ISA  16-bit      |  X  |  X  |  .   |   .    |   ?   |
   HP27248 EISA 32-bit      |  X  |  X  |  .   |   .    |   ?   |
HP ThinLAN (10Base2)        |     |     |      |        |       |
   HP27250 ISA   8-bit      |  X  |  X  |  .   |   .    |   ?   |
                            |     |     |      |        |       |
Novell OBJ - Novell linkable only .OBJ files
Novell ODI - Novell 386 ODI interface
FTP Native - prelinked into the FTP TCP/IP kernel
 

Manufacturer                | Network Management Supported 
    Model                   | SNMP | SNMP |      |
                            |  UDP | ether| CMIP |
____________________________|______|______|______|
HP EtherTwist (10BaseT)     |      |      |      |
   HP27245 ISA   8-bit      |  .   |  .   |  .   |
   HP27246 MCA  16-bit      |  .   |  .   |  .   |
   HP27247 ISA  16-bit      |  .   |  .   |  .   |
   HP27248 EISA 32-bit      |  .   |  .   |  .   |
HP ThinLAN (10Base2)        |      |      |      |
   HP27250 ISA   8-bit      |  .   |  .   |  .   |
                            |      |      |      |
SNMP UDP - SNMP over IP/UDP
SNMP ether - SNMP over raw Ethernet packets
 
    
    
Manufacturer                | Address/Contact information
    Model                   | Programming information contact
____________________________|_________________________________________________
Hewlett Packard Corporation | 3000 Hanover Street
                            | Palo Alto, California 94304, USA
                            |
HP EtherTwist Sales Information and location of nearest authorized HP dealer 
     call (USA) 1-800-752-0900.

In the following countries, contact a HP sales office, usually by looking for
     "Hewlett Packard" in the telephone book:
     Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, England,
     Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Ireland, 
     Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway,
     PR China, Scotland, Singapore, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, 
     Taiwan, and Venezuela.

For programming information, the Clarkson University Packet Driver Package
     version 8.x or later contains the source for HP ISA/MCA adapter's driver
     within file "hppclan.asm".  These sources are under the GNU General Public 
     License, which simply means the software is free to all to use or include
     in products or re-sell as they like, however the copyrights must be 
     included and the SOURCES MUST BE AVAILABLE free for the asking.

Clarkson Availability:
     The Clarkson collection of packet drivers is available by FTP, by
     archive-server, and by modem.  They come in two flavors -- executables
     only (drivers.zip), and source+executables (driverss.zip).  All of the
     following instructions apply to both drivers.zip and driverss.zip.

Clarkson Mail:
     I distribute the packet drivers on two 360K 5.25" disks, or a 720K
     3.5" disk.  I charge a fee for the service of copying and mailing
     these disks. You can send me a check for $20, or you can send me a
     purchse order and I will bill you for $22.  NY residents add 7% sales
     tax, overseas orders add $3 for shipping.  If you send a check,
     please be sure it is in US dollars -- the bank charges me $15 to
     convert checks drawn in foreign currencies.
	  Russell Nelson
	  11 Grant St.
	  Potsdam, NY 13676

Clarkson FTP:
     sun.soe.clarkson.edu:/pub/ka9q/drivers.zip
     grape.ecs.clarkson.edu:/pub/msdos/tcpip/drivers.zip

Clarkson E-mail:
     Send mail to archive-server@sun.soe.clarkson.edu and put the following
     command as the body of your message:
	help
     This will send you a help message.  Reading this help message will tell
     you how to fetch the packet drivers.

Clarkson Modem:
     Call the Clarkson Heath User's Group's BBS: (315)268-6667, 8N1,
     1200/2400 Baud, 24 hours.  You may need to press break, or simulate
     it using several nulls.  Download pub/msdos/tcpip/drivers.zip.