Here's the Card-- SIV-L says the MAC Address is 48:4c:00:01:c1:20
The chip is a Winbond W89C906F
No luck. The MAC searches had nothing. Nice looking card ! Good silkscreening.
Hate posting a reply and then have to edit it because it made no sense 😁 First computer was an IBM 3270 workstation with CGA monitor. Stuff: https://archive.org/details/@horun
So many similar cards made about that time, but by the time that waybackmachine started archiving, seems like network product vendors jettisoned the jumper-only models for new ISA-PNP cards.
I found an older list of MAC Address from 1999 --> Vendors https://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Eth … net/vendor.html
It lists "484C00 Network Solutions"
Did they make networking products?
douglar wrote on Yesterday, 21:12:So many similar cards made about that time, but by the time that waybackmachine started archiving, seems like network product ve […]
So many similar cards made about that time, but by the time that waybackmachine started archiving, seems like network product vendors jettisoned the jumper-only models for new ISA-PNP cards.
I found an older list of MAC Address from 1999 --> Vendors https://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Eth … net/vendor.html
It lists "484C00 Network Solutions"
Did they make networking products?
Looks a lot like some Kingston branded cards I have. But they all have a few minor component differences. There was a card maker back then called "MOUNTAIN NETWORK SOLUTIONS" not sure if that's the same guys.
douglar wrote on Yesterday, 21:12:So many similar cards made about that time, but by the time that waybackmachine started archiving, seems like network product ve […]
So many similar cards made about that time, but by the time that waybackmachine started archiving, seems like network product vendors jettisoned the jumper-only models for new ISA-PNP cards.
I found an older list of MAC Address from 1999 --> Vendors https://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Eth … net/vendor.html
It lists "484C00 Network Solutions"
Did they make networking products?
Also found a reference to Network Solutions in an older Wireshark lookup.
Don't think we're going to get any better than that => it's a Network Solutions HE-206, which gives exactly zero Google hits.
But maybe a step back: this card is excellently documented on its silkscreen. OP, what info are you looking for that's not already given on the card itself?
dionb wrote on Today, 09:18:But maybe a step back: this card is excellently documented on its silkscreen. OP, what info are you looking for that's not already given on the card itself?
It is nice that the card came with accurate documentation printed on the back, but after looking through the 600+ ISA nic cards in TH99, tracking down the manufacturer has sort of become a project in itself. It’s been a while since I’ve gotten stumped like this What did I miss? Is there a story behind this card getting completely orphaned? Seems too well built to be a completely no-name clone with a stolen mac address.
Between the chip fab week and the ISL (“ International Standards Laboratory, Inc” ? ) number, it seems like it was designed in 1995. The sticker on the back suggests that it was built in April 1996. That’s not so old that it should be impossible to find.
