Very Computer

Greetings & Salivations.

I've got a problem.  Well make that 2 problems.  In setting up 2 very
basic Linux machines (486sx & 386) I've been assembling from odds & ends
I've run across a couple cards that I can't find jumper/dipswitch
settings for anywhere.  One is a basic ISA bus multi IO card (2 serial,
parallel, fdc & ide) which has no manufacturer name silk screeen
anywhere, only a label that reads "MT-203" and the other is a Pure Data
Ltd ethernet 10base-T card model # PDI7023.  I'd love to know how to set
these up so I can get my linux machines up and running.

As I said, I've exhausted *EVERY* source I can find trying to get this
info.  I'm bordering on desparate.

thanx,
James (VE3SSQ).

If you want to spend some time, you can play jumper lottery :-)
Change jumper settings one at a time and watch BIOS error messages,
/proc/* and so on. Because the jumpers are mostly independent from
each other there are not so much possibilities. But you have to live
with the risk of damaging something.

I did it as my IDE+COM+LPT card gave smoke signals. I now have four
serial and three parallel connectors but only one working serial and
one parallel port.

Quote:> and the other is a Pure Data Ltd ethernet 10base-T card model #
> PDI7023.  I'd love to know how to set these up so I can get my linux
> machines up and running.

My first guess would be NE2000.

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> As I said, I've exhausted *EVERY* source I can find trying to get this
> info.  I'm bordering on desparate.

> thanx,
> James (VE3SSQ).