Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!amd!phil From: phil@amd.UUCP (Phil Ngai) Newsgroups: net.lan Subject: Re: IBM PC networking Message-ID: <426@amd.UUCP> Date: Mon, 15-Oct-84 14:43:48 EDT Article-I.D.: amd.426 Posted: Mon Oct 15 14:43:48 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Oct-84 06:13:11 EDT References: <682@cadmus.UUCP> <63@redwood.UUCP> Organization: AMD, Santa Clara, CA Lines: 23 > +--------------- > | In the October issue of BYTE IBM has an advertisement and specification > | of this new networking capability. They say they are using the Intel > | 82586 processor. I thought that this was an ethernet processor? > +--------------- > > It is. Intel calls it the 82586 Local Area Network Coprocessor. Not ethernet processor. It can be used to implement an ethernet interface, but it can also do other things, like run lower speed (lower cost) local area networks. My personal opinion is that the versatility of the 82586 is a good thing because it allows you to do more with the same silicon while not doing any particular application less well, thanks to its programability. And it interfaces to the 80186 VERY easily. -- Phil Ngai (408) 982-6554 UUCPnet: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra,intelca}!amd!phil ARPAnet: amd!phil@decwrl.ARPA