Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!mailrus!cwjcc!cwlim!lim From: lim@cwlim.CWRU.EDU (Hock Koon Lim) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: Re: ethernet card portability Message-ID: <332@cwjcc.CWRU.Edu> Date: 8 Dec 88 14:21:30 GMT References: <8812062152.af22648@Obelix.TWG.COM> Sender: news@cwjcc.CWRU.Edu Reply-To: lim@cwlim.cwru.edu (Hock Koon Lim) Organization: CWRU Andrew R. Jennings Computing Center Lines: 18 In article <8812062152.af22648@Obelix.TWG.COM> deborah@CITI.UMICH.EDU (Deborah Swanberg) writes: > >From discussion here, I've gotten the impression that ethernet >cards operate across machines, but I just want to verify it. > >Do PC ethernet cards operate across machines, eg. does the >WD8003E, or 3C503 operate on the PCs, PC/XT, PC/AT and the >PS/2 30 and PS/2 30 286? The question also applies to the >cards for the MCA across the PS/2 50 and 80. > Yes, PC ethernet cards operate across machines for the same bus architecture. eg. 3c503 can be used in IBM PCs, HP Vectra, PS2/30 etc. and 3C523 can be used in IBM PS2/50 -> 80. Hock Koon Lim, A. R. Jennings Computing Center Case Western Reserve University; Cleveland, Ohio, USA 44106 (216) 368-2982 lim@cwlim.cwru.edu