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- LANtastic(TM) 2Mbps and 2Mbps MC Adapters
- Standard Bus and Micro Channel
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- LANtastic 2Mbps and 2Mbps MC adapters are the perfect way to economically
- network small or medium sized businesses with IBM PC or Micro Channel
- compatible computers.
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- Both Micro Channel Architecture and Industry Standard Architecture (ISA)
- adapters include a 10Mhz coprocessor, and 32K of on-board dual-ported RAM.
- Each 2Mbps adapter also includes software - selectable IRQ and RAMBASE
- address settings.
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- Artisoft's implementation of the NetBIOS standard is loaded into and executed
- within the adapter. This plunges the NetBIOS draw on a PC's base RAM down to
- just 2K and off loads the network processing onto the adapter. The cards are
- easy to install and use inexpensive dual-twisted pair cable.
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- LANtastic 2Mbps and 2Mbps MC adapters drive cable lengths of up to 1500 feet
- per network with Artisoft cable, up to 300 feet with AT&T telephone grade
- cable, and they will handle 32 nodes per network.
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- Specifications.
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- Hardware compatibility:
- *Five-year warranty
- Standard Bus (ISA):
- *IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2 model 30, 286 and compatibles, and 386-based IBM PC bus
- compatibles
- *Approved for up to 33MHz 386, 20MHz 286 and 12MHz 8088 systems
- Micro Channel:
- *IBM PS/2 Micro Channel and compatibles
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- PC requirements:
- *One floppy drive
- *One 16- or 8-bit slot
- *PC or MS DOS 3.1 or higher (3.2 not recommended).
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- Interrupt Request Line (IRQ):
- *Standard Bus (ISA): 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and AT 10, 15
- *Software selectable
- *Micro Channel: 3,4,5,6,7, and 9
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- Selectable I/O Base Address (ISA):
- *Selectable by on-board switches: 220h, 240h, 260h, 280h, 2A0h, 320h, 340h,
- 360h
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- RAMBASE Address:
- *Standard Bus (ISA): Uses 32K above 640K boundary at selectable addresses:
- A000, A800, B000, C000, C800, D000, D800, and E000 (software selectable)
- *Micro Channel: Uses 32K at selectable addresses: 8000, 8800, 9000, 9800,
- A000, A800, B000, B800, C000, C800, D000, D800, E000, E800, F000, F800
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- Buffer RAM:
- *On-board 32K bytes of dual-ported buffer RAM
- Coprocessor:
- *On-board 10MHz
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- Data transfer rate:
- *2.0 Mbps
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- Topology:
- *Bus topology
- *Star and tree configurations with optional Hub
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- Network cable lengths:
- *Up to 1500 feet with Artisoft cable
- *Up to 1000 feet with Belden 9729 or Plenum 89729
- *Up to 300 feet with AT&T telephone grade solid conductor, twisted pair wire
- (We do not support cables not listed above.)
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- Network size:
- *Up to 32 computers without additional hardware
- *Up to 300 computers with optional Hub
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- Connection method:
- *Rugged DB9 connectors, built-in "T" connector on each adapter
- *Optional DB9 to phone jack (RJ11) adapters
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- Standards:
- *NetBIOS, EIA-489, EIA-422, SDLC
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- Protocols:
- *CSMA/CD and CSMA/CA
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- Power requirements
- *+5V 1400 mA maximum
- *+5V 900 mA typical
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- Options:
- *Hub unit extends network beyond standard network lengths and creates star or
- tree topologies
- *DB9 to Phone Jack (RJ11) adapters
- *Remote boot ROM daughter board for ISA
- *Additional RAM daughter board for ISA that can reduce LANtastic NOS's RAM
- overhead in workstations to 0K and in servers to under 32K
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