Vipersan wrote:A quick (related) question ..
Since I want to keep my 16 bit full length ISA slot free in the 5200 for a sound card ..
I'd like […]
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A quick (related) question ..
Since I want to keep my 16 bit full length ISA slot free in the 5200 for a sound card ..
I'd like to fit a 8 bit, (half/slot) ISA to Ethernet card as well ..
Does such a thing exist ?
I've done a little searching and keep drawing blanks.
I'm guessing ..even if I found one it would not have a twisted pair socket ..and would most likely be a bnc ether connection.
Is this true ?
Then there would be driver issues I guess..ie ..finding them.
Am I wasting my time ?
advice welcomed.
rgds
VS
I'm actually looking the other direction.
There are 8-bit ethernet adapters available, but the only ones I've seen are AUI and coax (correction; I saw one 8-bit TP, but its price on Ebay was nearly $200 US). You can get an AUI to TP converter, but by the time I connect it to a mobile wireless access point, that's a long string of boxes.
I had read somewhere, and I'm still looking for confirmation, that you can use a 16-bit (full-slot) sound card in an 8-bit (half-slot) ISA socket, you just lose any CDROM or other capabilities.
I *have* an 8-bit Soundblaster card. Yes, half-slot. Unfortunately, it's so long it extends beyond the size of my full-slot 16-bit ethernet adapter, and therefore won't fit in the 8-bit slot.
I've been looking at some HP Aztech based cards, and some ESS cards, those of which are precisely the size of a full-slot (or, some seem slightly smaller...) to try them in the 8-bit slot and see if they'll work.