Hans Johnson writes:
> > What kind of ISA Ethernet card is that anyway? NE2000, WD80x3, ...?
> > You usually need to set jumpers or run configuration software to
> > configure the ROM socket for your EPROM size and the desired location
> > in you computer's memory space.
>
> I'm not really sure, but the main Chips on the card read "Compex". According
> to the manual, the card can be jumpered to run in either NE2k mode or in
> WD80x3 mode... I'm not sure wich one would be better at this point.
Usually, WD80x3 mode should give you better performance, since it can
used memory-mapped I/O rather than port I/O. some of these
multi-standard cards, had bugs though; if you wanted to use the ROM
socket, you had to select NE2k mode.
Good luck,
Markus
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