Into Retro Networks: Network Cards & Packet Drivers on DOS (Part 2)

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In this second installment, we'll dive deep into the world of DOS network cards, exploring how to effectively test them and get them up and running with packet drivers and my TCP/IP diagnostics boot floppies I've introduced before.
We'll walk through some common issues, including trying to identify some network cards, in order to find the correct drivers and setup tools.
Additionally, we'll explore how to make the packet driver interface available for concurrent applications, mTCP and Trumpet's TCP for DOS in particular. PKTMUX, a packet driver multiplexer TSR, is to the rescue here!

00:00 Intro
00:52 The broken NIC to begin with: RTL8019A
03:21 Kingston KNE2021LC: NE2000-compatible
05:01 2 Concurrent Network Stacks: No good idea!
12:28 3Com 3C509: Transceiver Issues
13:15 Accton EN165X: Resource Conflicts
14:30 3Com 3C503: 8-Bit ISA NIC for IBM PC/XT
15:16 PCMCIA 10BASE2/10BASE-T NIC
17:38 Outfitting a Toshiba T5200
18:23 Adding a Rack to the Museum
20:30 Conclusion
21:16 Next on TPC

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Links:

DOS TCP/IP Boot Disk by THE PHINTAGE COLLECTOR:
https://github.com/gpdm/TPC-DOS-TCPDiag

PKTMUX Packet Driver Multiplexer:
https://archive.org/details/PKTMUX12_ZIP

Accton EN165X:
http://vogonsdrivers.com/index.php?ca...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224525266067

All about the 8-bit NIC:
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224525266067


The Retro Web, 3Com NIC identification, 3C503 in particular:
https://theretroweb.com/expansioncard...

https://theretroweb.com/expansioncard...
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List of 8-bit compatible cards:
https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/...

More reading on 16-bit cards in 8-bit ISA slots:
https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?thr...


3COM 905B 8-bit driver (for runing EL III in PC/XT):
https://github.com/hackerb9/3C509B-ne...


Manual for 3Com Etherlink II, spefically for using IRQ is 2/3/4/5 on original IBM PC:
https://www.artisantg.com/info/3COM_E...


Visit also THE PHINTAGE COLLECTOR website at https://www.thephintagecollector.ch for insights into my retro computer collection.

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