There is a newly-producible card which uses a similar realtek NE2000 compatible chip, the rtl8019.

https://github.com/Manawyrm/ISA8019
New NE2000-compatible ISA network card

JLCPCB can assemble the whole thing from newly manufactured and in-stocked parts. Their SMT assembly service supports all the parts it uses, I think. It should work in an 8-bit slot.

I think the files to get JLC to assemble them are in Mr. Manawyrm's github.

damianmcmillan wrote on 2021-09-11, 06:42:

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Hello all!

I have written up my experiences with a PNP type NE2000 compatible ISA network card, based on an RTL8009.

Hope this is of use to someone - there is little information available about the compatibility of this chip that I could find.

https://dmcmillan.co.uk/blog/msdos-networking … ed-network-card

Good suff.

Welcome to vogons.

Thank You for share, Damian!

Error 0x7CF wrote on 2021-09-11, 07:30:

JLCPCB can assemble the whole thing from newly manufactured and in-stocked parts. Their SMT assembly service supports all the parts it uses, I think. It should work in an 8-bit slot.

I wasn't aware that PCB manufacturers could, well, actually manufacture the PCBs completely...

Interestingly, having 5 of the boards manufactured including components (sans the RJ45 connection, which appears to be out of stock) was less than £50.

I will certainly consider this in future, although it certainly takes the fun out of trying to get old hardware to work properly!