Are these ISA network cards interesting/valueable/useful?
I'm more a 90's pc guy not so much 80's and I have no idea if these are considered interesting or not. I actually am just guessing they are network cards as well.
should i keep em?toss them? sell them?
Well, they are interesting for older systems. I would try to get them running and look how they perform.
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8-bit and, judging by the model, UTP? I'd keep them or since you're not into older stuff at least don't toss them. Heck, some of us are trying to get our hands on these!
Actually, that might be a token ring card. I can't quite tell if that middle port is a DE-15 or DB-9. Either way, it might well be interesting, hang onto it!
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Alas, I'm down to emulation.
Maybe not these specifically, but some ISA network cards also has a boot ROM socket.
You can program an EEPROM chip with the XT-IDE BIOS and then have a PC that can support larger hard drive sizes (particularly PC's from the XT to 486 era).
You can then also use this in conjunction with a CF to IDE adaptor and use a CF card with it.
There are also other alternatives, like using Dynamic Drive Overlay Software, but the above is just one of the uses for older ISA network cards.
I would keep it.
My favorite card so far is this 3com marvel (it even has the designer's nicks? silkscreened on the back). I'll do a better shot front&back when I get home. I don't even mind the connections, got 2? external transceivers and I also got a Coax hub recently.
Depending on where you live, if you have a BASE-T twisted pair ethernet card for ISA (8 or 16 bits) I may be willing to buy one as I am looking for a network card for my 486 for a retro network, and all my equipment is BASE-T
