So... if I find a generic NE2000 driver for MacOS... the card should behave itself? (the working one I mean). I'm not too interested in using BeOS or the like on my Mac, as I've got a PC for that ;) To me... my Mac wouldn't be a Mac without MacOS.
I'll hunt for an NE2000 driver for MacOS. ---------- From: Matt Emson Sent: 16 February 2004 20:43 To: PCI PowerMacs Subject: [PCI] Re: PCI RTL 8029 (PC) in Pmac 5500 > I would use the card I got in it, which I later > found to be an Intel 21040 based card and I can't > find drivers for that, but found drivers for the > RTL 8029. One of the problems might be that the 21040 is, at least traditionally, called the 'DEC 21040'. The driver might be listed as DEC or DEC compatible. The DEC 21040 is related to the DEC 21041, and they may be compatible, not sure offhand. Certainly, the driver for BeOS covers both of them. The Realtec 8029 chipset is NE2000 compatible, and should work with any generic NE2000 driver, if that helps. The thing you'll have to be careful about with a PC PCI card is that the Mac PCI bus is not necessarily compatible. IIRC the PC PCI bus is quirky (many interpretations and dodgy/lax implementations, bus speed hacks etc), and Apple only followed the theoretical spec rather than the factual one. Don't Mac cards need to be PCI 2 complient too, or is that some other platform?!?! Matt -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-power macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
