Western Digital Ethernet Cards

[Thomas Hoberg]

In article <9190 at sail.LABS.TEK.COM>, keithe at sail.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson) writes:
|> In article <1991Mar21.112012.17880 at news.cs.indiana.edu> mikes at iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Michael Squires) writes:
|> >(mail bounced)
|> >
|> >I tried briefly to use a WD8013 with an Orchid ProDesigner II; it failed to
|> >boot DOS (controller was a WD1007V).  Replacing it with an Oak got the system
|> >to boot.
16-bit BIOS problem?  
|> 
|> I have one of the earlier (and now unavailable) WD8013EB 16-bit interface
|> Network Adapter cards in an Everex 486is that runs MS-DOS (4.01) and has an
|> Orchid ProDesigner II and an Adaptec 2322 ESDI controller card.  I works great.
|> HOWEVER, the WD8013EB differs from the WD8013EP (the *current* version of the
|> card) in that it is loaded with jumpers that let you select the IRQ and I/O
|> address from the full range of choices.  This is in contrast to the EP version
|> which permits only a couple of selections with jumpers and the remainder only
|> via software selection.  And my supplier didn't send the software (and I
|> won't be buying any more from *them*)
|> 
I got the software with it allright. However the documentation offers to clues as
to whether the IRQ-I/O address settings selected with the software are stored in
some kind of EEPROM or forgotten as soon as the machine is shut off. The former
would be ok for Unix use, the latter pretty inconvenient. Does anybody know?

-- tom
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