Xref: utzoo comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc:717 comp.sys.ibm.pc:17979 comp.dcom.lans:1695 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!mailrus!ames!ll-xn!mit-eddie!interlan!backman From: backman@interlan.UUCP (Larry Backman) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: Interlan PC Ethernet interface Message-ID: <552@interlan.UUCP> Date: 11 Aug 88 11:19:35 GMT References: <22590@amdcad.AMD.COM> Reply-To: backman@interlan.UUCP (Larry Backman) Organization: MICOM-Interlan, Boxborough, MA (1-800-LAN-TALK) Lines: 40 In article <22590@amdcad.AMD.COM> phil@amdcad.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai) writes: >I recently saw a new Ethernet interface from Interlan called the >NI5210. (well, it's new to me) Size and architecture-wise it looks >very similar to the WD8003E. It's a very small card, with dual ported >memory and no DMA (I think). One key difference is that Sun PC-NFS >V3.0 does not support it directly. PC-NFS does have NI5010 support but >I do not think that is the same. > >I haven't seen app notes on architecture and performance, which WD has >for their product. (I think Interlan reads the net. I hope they get >the message.) [] Phil, Interlan technical staff reads the neeet; Interlan marketinng staff who are supposed to produce such things as performance results, don't even know what the net is. The NI5210 is over 2 years old; depending on who you believe there are 50,000 to 100,000 of them out there! It has 8 or 16K of dual ported RAM, no DMA, and is in fact supported by PC-NFS. You can get a driver for PC-NFS from either Sun-East or from us. Performance figures, well..., the driver group say's that its as fast as the Western Digital card; I believe them. Empirically, we have never spent the time to gather these figures in a systematic fashion. App notes; well..., we'll sell you the board, throw in a manual which tells you how to configure the boards jumpers, and for a small extra fee, we'' sell you a 2096 product. The 2096 product is the source to a 5210 driver. At that point, its good-bye and good-luck. Wouldn't it be interesting if marketing types actually found out what people wanted rather than simply knowing what they wanted?? Larry Backman Micom-Interlan