geoff@hinode.East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top) (05/10/91)
Quoth TOMIII@MTUS5.BITNET (Thomas Dwyer III) (in <91128.011812TOMIII@MTUS5.BITNET>):
#Where does one get NDIS drivers for 3com boards? I want to run PC-NFS with
#the NDIS driver instead of the one shipped with PC-NFS. I called Sun and
#3com about this and each pointed me to the other. (?)
Having spent several hours doing this last night, the answer is
more or less burned into my retina: Compuserve.
3Com has 1.1 NDIS drivers for its products in the Ask3Com forum.
Microsoft has a huge collection of 2.0 drivers in the Microsoft
Library. Even though they're called 2.0, they will work fine with the
PC-NFS NDIS code. (Note that for reliable coexistence with any other
protocol stack - a configuration which I'm required to say is "formally
unsupported" for SQA reasons - you'll need to get the 3.5a jumbo patch,
about which I'll say more in a subsequent posting.)
I don't know of any FTP sites offering these files. I'll ask on
Compuserve what the Microsoft position is. Of course, I can't offer
a Sun-supported FTP archive (due to our firewall policy); maybe someone
can volunteer a site.
Here's the relevant article from the Microsoft Knowledge Base.
Title: Index of NDIS Compliant Device Drivers for DOS & OS/2 LM 2.00
Document Number: Q68118 Publ Date: 6-MAY-1991
Product Name: Microsoft OS/2 LAN Manager
Product Version: 2.00
Operating System: OS/2
Summary:
Below is an index of all NDIS compliant network device drivers
available for both OS/2 LAN Manager and DOS LAN Manager version 2.00.
This index was last updated on April 3, 1991.
The driver dates may be older than ones received in your original OS/2
or DOS LAN Manager version 2.00 package. This is due to file date
touching for internal manufacturing control. You should only update
your drivers if the date found in the index is LATER than the date of
the driver received in your original DOS or OS/2 LAN Manager version
2.00 package.
Instructions on installing the distribution disks are included at
the end of this article.
NDIS Compliant Network Device Drivers Index
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Driver Distribution
Manufacturer Card Name OS Date Filename S Number
------------ --------- -- ------ ------------ --------
3Com EtherLink I DOS 06-28-90 ELNKD S12635
3Com EtherLink I OS/2 06-28-90 ELNKO S12647
3Com EtherLink II DOS 06-28-90 ELNKIID S12636
3Com EtherLink II OS/2 06-28-90 ELNKIIO S12648
3Com EtherLink MC DOS 06-28-90 ELNKMCD S12637
3Com EtherLink MC OS/2 06-28-90 ELNKMCO S12649
3Com EtherLink Plus DOS 06-28-90 ELNKPLD S12638
3Com EtherLink Plus OS/2 06-28-90 ELNKPLO S12650
3Com TokenLink DOS 06-28-90 TLNKD S12645
3Com TokenLink OS/2 06-28-90 TLNKO S12656
Amplus Infm. Amplicard 210/XT DOS 06-28-90 NE1000D S12846
Amplus Infm. Amplicard 210/XT OS/2 06-28-90 NE1000O S12845
Amplus Infm. Amplicard 210/AT DOS 06-28-90 NE2000D S12899
Amplus Infm. Amplicard 210/AT OS/2 06-28-90 NE2000O S12900
DCA 10 Megabit TP DOS 10-24-90 MAC586D S12838
DCA 10 Megabit TP OS/2 10-24-90 MAC586O S12837
DCA 10 Megabit Fiber DOS 10-24-90 MAC586D S12838
DCA 10 Megabit Fiber OS/2 10-24-90 MAC586O S12837
DCA 10 Megabit Ether DOS 10-24-90 MAC586D S12838
DCA 10 Megabit Ether OS/2 10-24-90 MAC586O S12837
DEC DE100 DOS 11-28-90 DEPCAD S12854
DEC DE100 OS/2 11-28-90 DEPCAO S12855
DEC DEPCA DOS 11-28-90 DEPCAD S12854
DEC DEPCA OS/2 11-28-90 DEPCAO S12855
DEC DE200 DOS 11-28-90 DEPCAD S12854
DEC DE200 OS/2 11-28-90 DEPCAO S12855
DEC DE210 DOS 11-28-90 DEPCAD S12854
DEC DE210 OS/2 11-28-90 DEPCAO S12855
EVEREX EV2026/EV2027 DOS 02-07-91 EVEREXD S12904
EVEREX EV2026/EV2027 OS/2 02-07-91 EVEREXO S12905
HP Any Ethertwist DOS 01-10-91 HPLAND S12865
HP Any Ethertwist OS/2 01-10-91 HPLANO S12866
IBM Adapter II DOS 06-28-90 IBMNETD S12639
IBM Adapter II OS/2 06-28-90 IBMNETO S12651
IBM Baseband DOS 06-28-90 IBMNETD S12639
IBM Baseband OS/2 06-28-90 IBMNETO S12651
IBM Adapter II/A DOS 06-28-90 IBMNETAD S12640
IBM Adapter II/A OS/2 06-28-90 IBMNETAO S12652
IBM Baseband/A DOS 06-28-90 IBMNETAD S12640
IBM Basebank/A OS/2 06-28-90 IBMNETAO S12652
IBM Token Ring DOS 06-28-90 IBMTOKD S12642
IBM Token Ring OS/2 06-28-90 IBMTOKO S12653
IBM Token Ring II DOS 06-28-90 IBMTOKD S12642
IBM Token Ring II OS/2 06-28-90 IBMTOKO S12653
IBM Token Ring/A DOS 06-28-90 IBMTOKD S12642
IBM Token Ring/A OS/2 06-28-90 IBMTOKO S12653
IBM Token Ring 16/4 DOS 06-28-90 IBMTOKD S12642
IBM Token Ring 16/4 OS/2 06-28-90 IBMTOKO S12653
IBM Token Ring 16/4/A DOS 06-28-90 IBMTOKD S12642
IBM Token Ring 16/4/A OS/2 06-28-90 IBMTOKO S12653
NCR StarLAN Adapter DOS 01-22-91 NCRSLAND S12891
NCR StarLAN Adapter OS/2 01-22-91 NCRSLANO S12892
NCR Token Ring 4Mbs DOS 06-28-90 NCRTRND S12643
NCR Token Ring 4Mbs OS/2 06-28-90 NCRTRNO S12655
NCR WaveLAN AT Adapter DOS 03-29-91 WAVELAND S12966
NCR WaveLAN AT Adapter OS/2 03-29-91 WAVELANO S12967
Novell NE1000 DOS 06-28-90 NE1000D S12846
Novell NE1000 OS/2 06-28-90 NE1000O S12845
Novell NE2000 DOS 06-28-90 NE2000D S12899
Novell NE2000 OS/2 06-28-90 NE2000O S12900
Novell NE3200 DOS 10-25-90 NE3200D S12842
Novell NE3200 OS/2 10-25-90 NE3200O S12841
Nokia Data Ethernet IIe DOS 02-24-91 ETHIIED S12935
Nokia Data Ethernet IIe OS/2 02-24-91 ETHIIEO S12936
NSC Ethernode *16AT DOS 06-28-90 NE2000D S12899
NSC Ethernode *16AT OS/2 06-28-90 NE2000O S12900
Olicom Token Ring Adapter DOS 03-28-91 OLITOKD S12961
Olicom Token Ring Adapter OS/2 02-07-91 OLITOKO S12906
RacalInterlan NI5210 DOS 03-29-91 NI5210D S12964
RacalInterlan NI5210 OS/2 03-29-91 NI5210O S12965
RacalInterlan NI6510 DOS 10-23-90 NI6510D S12840
RacalInterlan NI6510 OS/2 10-23-90 NI6510O S12839
RacalInterlan NI9210 DOS 03-29-91 NI9210D S12962
RacalInterlan NI9210 OS/2 03-29-91 NI9210O S12963
SMC PC130E/Arcnet DOS 11-24-90 MSARCD S12836
SMC PC130E/Arcnet OS/2 11-24-90 MSARCO S12835
SMC PC550W/Arcnet DOS 02-24-90 MSARCD S12836
SMC PC550W/Arcnet OS/2 02-24-90 MSARCO S12835
Spider Systems SC-100E DOS 03-29-91 SPIDERD S12959
Spider Systems SC-100E OS/2 03-29-91 SPIDERO S12960
Thomas-Conrad TCNS/Arcnet DOS 02-11-91 TCCARCD S12910
Thomas-Conrad TCNS/Arcnet OS/2 02-11-91 TCCARCO S12911
Toshiba ToshibaLAN DOS 01-28-91 TSBETHRD S12902
Toshiba ToshibaLAN OS/2 01-28-91 TSBETHRO S12903
UB PC2030/NIUpc DOS 06-28-90 UBNEID S12646
UB PC2030/NIUpc OS/2 06-28-90 UBNEIO S12657
UB PC3030/NIUps DOS 06-28-90 UBNEID S12646
UB PC3030/NIUps OS/2 06-28-90 UBNEIO S12657
WesternDigital WD80003E DOS 06-28-90 MACWDD S12641
WesternDigital WD80003E OS/2 06-28-90 MACWDO S12654
WesternDigital WD80003E/A DOS 06-28-90 MACWDD S12641
WesternDigital WD80003E/A OS/2 06-28-90 MACWDO S12654
WesternDigital WD8005TR DOS 06-28-90 TOKWDD S12644
WesternDigital WD8005TR OS/2 06-28-90 TOKWDO S12658
WesternDigital WD8015TR DOS 06-28-90 TOKWDD S12644
WesternDigital WD8015TR OS/2 06-28-90 TOKWDO S12658
To build the required disks, perform the following steps:
1. Download the referenced archived distribution file from the OnLine
Software/Data Library or CompuServe.
These files can be found in the Software/Data Library by searching
on the keyword, the Q number of this article, or the S number
listed above. These files were archived using the PKware
file-compression utility.
2. Copy the downloaded file to a freshly formatted floppy disk.
3. Unarchive the distribution file.
4. Execute the command file: A:\NDISCRT. The previous example assumes
that a floppy disk is in drive A. Both MS-DOS and OS/2 command
files are distributed.
5. Use the full-screen Setup program provided with DOS or OS/2 LAN
Manager to install the drivers contained in this distribution.
6. When the Setup program has completed, store this disk with the
original DOS or OS/2 LAN Manager disks to assure that these
drivers are available should you need to reinstall from disk.
COPYRIGHT Microsoft Corporation, 1991.
-- Geoff Arnold, PC-NFS architect, Sun Microsystems. (geoff@East.Sun.COM) --
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