Ken Yap writes:
>
> >I have a 3c905 in my desktop machine which can take 64K or 128K, but it is
> >not clearly documented anywhere I can find which end of the socket I am
> >supposed to put the ROM, and I could not get it to work in either end when
> >I tried it in both. The other problem is that this card is PCI, so wont go
> >in my test machines, and the fact that I use this machine for development,
> >and for my job.
>
> I think the 905 takes a flash PROM, not a UVEPROM. Besides it's PCI and
> the boot ROM is mapped in by the PnP BIOS, so that's no good for ELKS.
>
Makes sense. None of the 3com docs made it clear what was going on with
the socket on this card, but the website was full of offers to sell various
ROMS for different networks.
I am now stuck. I have tried a 3c509B, an SMC Ultra, and SMC 'Western
Digital' card, and various older NICS, and none of them take more than 32K.
The only remaining options are purpose build cards.
Al
