mshiels@tmsoft.uucp (Michael A. Shiels) (01/29/91)
Here is a template which I would like to get comments on. It has blanks
for just about every hardware aspect of a card so that cards can be
compared for high throughput jobs etc.
What I would like is comments on anything else which should be put into
the template before I start asking for companies/people to fill them in
for the various cards out there.
Michael A. Shiels
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PC/AT Ethernet Card Scorecard
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Manufacturer | Card size | Cable plugs | Configuration |
Model | 1 3 1 | | |
| / / | AUI | Thin | TP | Jumpers | Software |
____________________________|_2___4_____|_____|______|____|_________|__________|
MANUFACTURER NAME | | | | | | | | |
MODEL NUMBER/SHORT NAME | | | | | | | | |
" " " " | | | | | | | | |
Manufacturer | Bus Interface | Bus |
Model | ISA EISA MCA | Master |
| 8 | 16 | 32 | | |
____________________________|___|____|_____|_____|________|
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Manufacturer | Onboard
Model | Ethernet Memory
| CPU | Controller | Transceiver | Low | High |
____________________________|_______|____________|_____________|______|______|
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Manufacturer | Software Interface |
Model | |
| DMA | IO | Memory |
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Manufacturer | IO Port Addresses
Model |
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____________________________|_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
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Manufacturer | DMA Channels
Model | 8 bit | 16 bit |
| 0 1 2 3 | 4 5 6 7 |
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Manufacturer | IRQ numbers
Model | PC | AT
| 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
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Manufacturer | Interface RAM
Model | Size Addresses
| Low | High |
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Manufacturer | ROM
Model | Size Addresses
| Low | High |
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Manufacturer | Software Drivers Available
Model | NDIS NDIS | Novell | DEC | FTP | SUN |
| DOS | OS/2 | OBJ | ODI | PCSA | Packet | NFS |
____________________________|_1__2_|_1__2_|_____|_____|______|________|_____|
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Manufacturer | Address/Contact information
Model |
| Programming information contact
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