Re: 8560 Ethernet diddlyframus

Hi CT...

> Beginning an 8560 restoration just to see what all I can pack into this
> great old machine. To start with, it only has an external 5 1/4 floppy
> drive card and a memory card with 16mb plus 1mb on the planar for a
> total of 15mb....and you know why.
>
> Here is problem #1.....I cannot get my ethernet connection to work.
> Here is the setup:
>
> 1. SMC 8013EP/A adapter installed using the BNC connection.
>
> 2. MSDOS 6.22.
>
> 3. NetBEUI protocol using Microsoft Network Client.
>
> 4. Textbook installation done with software.
>
> When I attempt to connect to a network drive, both lights on the
> 8013EP/A flash several times indicating (I think) both sending and
> receiving........but I keep getting the error message "The computer
> name specified in the network path cannot be located."
>
> I am using the same setup on my AT breadboard machine....the only
> difference is the cards are ISA......and it works perfectly.
>
> Anybody have any experience with this setup?

Are you *sure* you've selected the correct interface in Setup? IIRC it
defaults to AUI not BNC for the WD8013EP/A!!! Ethernet is a bit
uninformative like that, as there's no "active monitor" or "connection
sensing" as there is on Token-Ring.

--
Regards,
Tim Clarke (a.k.a. WBST)

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