Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site hou2a.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!hou2a!kho From: kho@hou2a.UUCP (S.KHO) Newsgroups: net.lan Subject: Re: IBM PC networking Message-ID: <432@hou2a.UUCP> Date: Sat, 13-Oct-84 00:28:18 EDT Article-I.D.: hou2a.432 Posted: Sat Oct 13 00:28:18 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Oct-84 08:34:31 EDT References: <682@cadmus.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 10 Intel 82586 is a chip is an Ethernet Data Link Controller. It implments the CSMA/CD media access protocols, provides 16 or 32 bit CRCs, allows 16 to 128 bits for preamble, variable address length, variable speed and eight level priority mechanism. It is usally designed to used with Intel 82501 which handles the coding/encoding, clocking and interface to the transceiver. The price is going down fast. It costs around $65 in 1983. I suspect that it's around $30 now.