Networking

Hi doctor Ian, this is the patient !

Don't scrap those boards yet !

It is just like all have said - Jon, Marshall, etc.

But you said you had a 15pin D-sub on them. This is for "thick
net". It is a cable you connect to a external transceiver. This
indicates that these boards are of older date, and as Jon said, -
it will not work with plug and play.

Then you have all - thick net, thin net, twisted pair - it means
that someone has put some work on these. Sounds like a bigger
company. I do think it is strange that you don't see any
manufacture id or name. ( it could be a logo of some sort. )

Ungermann-Bass, inc. used a U and inserted into this, an upside
U - and not much more. They used Intel P82586 and similar chips.
If you check out the web site I said, - you should find some links
to places they keep some info about identity of cards. Or you
could have some luck - if you could say something more about the
cards. Someone here could maybe have something on them.

Paul wrote that he had a RTL8029AS chip, and used the ne2k-pci
driver. This is a NE2000 compatible card, and they work fine.
You can get these cards for about $10-12 US dollars, - so it could
be a simple thing to do, - just buy a couple. Else you have to dig
for information, and he gave you a good link to start with.

//ARNE