The current DFE-550TX seems to have lost the 32-pin DIP:
http://www.dlink.com/products/adapters/dfe550tx/
Found an old picture with the larger socket:
http://194.112.81.191/JPG/584Z591.jpg
Looks like I need to physically look at the cards at Fry's :).
Still hunting... :)
-----Original Message-----
From: Donald Becker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 11:33 AM
To: Preston L. Bannister
Subject: Re: Any network cards with 32-pin DIPs?
On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Preston L. Bannister wrote:
> Got interested in the LinuxBIOS idea and am looking for a way to
> program EEPROMs for the motherboard.
>
> Took a look at your libflash.c code. It mentions some 512Mbyte
> EEPROMs but the network cards I have here have only have 28-pin DIPs.
>
> Unless I'm mistaken the 512Kbyte parts will need 32-pin sockets...
The 1MB parts need 32 bit sockets.
Most NICs have 28 pin sockets.
> Was this just wishful thinking or are there network cards with 32-pin
> sockets?
The first few board I checked all had 32 pin sockets, but are old
(3c905A/B) or obscure (SMC EtherPower II). The easiest one to find is
likely the D-Link DFE-550Tx using the "Alta Sundance" chip.
Donald Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Scyld Computing Corporation http://www.scyld.com
410 Severn Ave. Suite 210 Second Generation Beowulf Clusters
Annapolis MD 21403 410-990-9993
