18 Apr
2003
18 Apr
'03
12:20 a.m.
At 10:16 PM 4/17/03 -0500, Staurt wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Marshall" <martinm(a)allwest.net>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: What is a Smartnet Arnet card?
The Arnet "Smart" cards had on-card microprocessor and buffering for better
throughput and lower main cpu utilization. The other "non-smart" cards were
more like a plain old serial card on a PC, differing mostly in that they had
more than 2 ports.
I have a 4-port Arnet card (non-smart)
Well do you want a smart one?
Joe
Joe wrote:
> Found this this morning. Full length 16 ISAcard for a PC. Marked
"Arnet Smartport" "Made in USA" and "Copyright 1985 Arnet
Corporation". It
has a daughterboard marked "Arnet Smart Plus 4". The main board has two
copper shielded 34 pin ribbon cables that extend out the back panel. Snybody
know what this is?
Joe
This is a serial port board. The ribbon cables go to breakout boxes
that contain the serial port connectors. I think that Digi acquired
Arnet.
Martin