Netzwerkkarte für IBM PS/2 Rechner

    Hallo, ich suche für meinen IBM PS/2 Model 56 486SLC2 eine passende Netzwerkkarte mit RJ45, damit ich Daten mit meinem NAS tauschen kann.

    Laut folgender Website gibt es : http://john.ccac.rwth-aachen.de:8000/misc/mca_lanperform/


    • 3COM 3C523 ('Etherlink/MC'): An older MCA-based Ethernet card from 3COM, both available as an AUI/BNC and TP version and full-length. Beware that there are older and newer versions of this board, an only the newer one works in machines with a 486 CPU or more! I measured the newer version on all machines; naturally, I could test the older version in the 56SX only.
    • 3COM 3C527 ('Etherlink/MC 32'): A sophisticated, high-performance board, also used as high-performance adapter in a couple of Microchannel-based RS/6000 systems. It's the only board in this comparison that allows busmaster transfers, i.e. the board directly reads/writes the data from/to main memory and removes this burden from main memory. Though a driver for this card is included starting with early 2.2 kernels, it seems that you need at least kernel 2.2.19 to get stable operation.
    • 3COM 3C529 ('Etherlink III MC'): The newer MCA offering from 3COM, available also both in an AUI/BNC and TP version. This board is very similar to its EISA- and ISA-sisters 3C579 resp. 3C509, and it is only half-length.
    • Novell NE/2: Though not 100% compatible (needs a dedicated Linux driver), this board is generally referred to as the MCA version of the popular NE2000.
    • D-Link DE-320CT: A mostly NE/2-compatible board with a BNC and RJ45 port. See here for a modified Linux NE/2 driver to make this card work under Linux.
    • SMC 8013EP/A: A short 16-bit version of the SMC/WD 8003/8013 boards known from ISA. Comes in a BNC/AUI or TP/AUI flavour.
    • IBM Ethernet Adapter/A: An IBM OEM version of the WD8003, not to be mixed up with the LAN Adapter/A.
    • SKnet Junior: An MCA version of the SK_G16 ISA board. Manufactured by the German vendor Syskonnect and therefore maybe somewhat unknown outside Germany? Only available as AUI/BNC, though a similar board called 'SKnet MC2+' exists that allows the connector to be switched in software and exists in TP versions.
    • IBM LAN Adapter/A for Ethernet: A relatively late Ethernet board made by IBM. Can run both in 32- and 16-bit slots and uses a National Semiconductor SONIC-T chipset. All connector options (AUI/BNC/TP) are available, the AUI connector is however non-standard and requires special adapters.
    • Intel EtherExpress/MC: A Microchannel version of Intels EtherExpress/16 Adapter. The card only needs a half-length slot and seems to be available in different connector variants: Mine has AUI and TP, but the ADF also offers BNC as connector selection. The card runs flawlessly with the Linux eexpress.o driver that was originally designed for the ISA EtherExpress.
    • Digital DE210: Another 'standard' LANCE-based board, somewhat similar to the SKnet board. Note that there are two similar versions of this board are floating around, and only the one with Adapter-ID 0x6def works out of the box with the Linux driver!

    Wenn Ihr so einen Adapter übrig habt, sendet mir gerne eine PN mit Eurer Preisvorstellung.


    Danke Euch

    Doc

    Vorsicht der 486slc hat wimre nur 16 Bit slots und 16MB Speicherlimit, da es nur ein aufgebohrter 368sx und kein echter 486er ist.

    Die 32 Bit Karten würde ich somit außen vor lassen.

    Selbst wenn es auf dem Papier funktionieren sollte gab es im Vogons forum letztens Probleme dabei.

    Sonst könnte ich dir eine NE2-32 anbieten, von denen habe ich mal einen Karton voll an Land gezogen.

    In deiner Liste fehlt auch die Olicom 2335 10/100 Karte, die ist aber als einzige 100 Mbit Karte sehr schwer zu finden.


    Hast du schon einmal über Token Ring und eine Bridge Lösung nachgedacht?

    Da IBM damals die meisten PS/2 Installationen mit TR ausgeführt hat, sind die Karten wesentlich häufiger/günstiger.

    Du benötigst neben der MCA TR eine für den Bridge Rechner, Kabel und eine (passive) MAU (z.B. IBM 8228).

    Alternativ ein Parallelport-Ethernet Adapter, das gibt es zumindest von Xircom und D-Link.