27 Dec
2015
27 Dec
'15
12:44 a.m.
From: "Robert Jarratt" <robert.jarratt at
ntlworld.com>
Does anyone happen to have drivers for this card? I am not sure what OSs
this card was supported on, so any drivers at all would be appreciated.
I have a few
versions of the drivers. They are part of Windows 98SE and
Windows XP distribution though, I had the card recognized on its own on by
both of these (and I suspect NT too though I didn't try). Needs more help on
Windows 95. If you can't get it to work from the links send me an email.
Which reminds me I should ask for some drivers too...
Marc
27 Dec
27 Dec
1:57 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Marc
Verdiell
Sent: 27 December 2015 08:44
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: RE: Looking for 3COM 3C905-TX Drivers
on
From: "Robert Jarratt"
<robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com> Does anyone happen
to have drivers for this card? I am not sure what OSs this card was
supported on, so any drivers at all would be appreciated.
I have a few versions of
the drivers. They are part of Windows 98SE and
Windows XP distribution though, I had the card recognized on its own on by
both of these (and I suspect NT too though I didn't try). Needs more help Windows 95. If you can't get it to work from the
links send me an email.
Which reminds me I should ask for some drivers too...
Marc
Thanks Marc. The drivers from the HP Enterprise site worked, although for
Windows 95 I have been unable to get TCP/IP working. DHCP is not working and
ping moans about a wrong protocol. It looks like I am missing VUDP.386 and I
could not find it on the Windows 95 CD. I am pretty sure I have another CD
with OSR2 somewhere, but I can't find it at the moment. Will have another
look at some point, but I think the driver itself is just fine now.
Regards
Rob
12:33 p.m.
On 12/27/2015 01:57 AM, Robert Jarratt wrote:
Thanks Marc. The drivers from the HP Enterprise site
worked, although
for Windows 95 I have been unable to get TCP/IP working. DHCP is not
working and ping moans about a wrong protocol. It looks like I am
missing VUDP.386 and I could not find it on the Windows 95 CD. I am
pretty sure I have another CD with OSR2 somewhere, but I can't find
it at the moment. Will have another look at some point, but I think
the driver itself is just fine now.
For what it's worth, I use Win98SE as the minimum Win9x version on my
systems. Many fewer bugs than 95 and the minidriver platform has a
degree of compatibility with NT/2K/XP. I run a Linksys WMP-54GS
wireless PCI LAN adapter on 98SE, for example with no issues.
And I have a similar 98SE/XP/Debian K6 box using the 3C905-TX with no
problems whatsoever.
My phone screening software runs on 98SE on an old 400MHz Neoware VIA
thin client 24/7 and has been doing so for months.
Supposedly, WinME with appropriate patches is even more solid, but I've
never tried it.
FWIW,
Chuck
1:18 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Chuck
Guzis
Sent: 27 December 2015 20:34
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: Looking for 3COM 3C905-TX Drivers
On 12/27/2015 01:57 AM, Robert Jarratt wrote:
I should probably also set up 98. I chose 95 because it was quite an
important version of Windows, and it is just nice to see how it used to be.
Thanks Marc. The drivers from the HP Enterprise
site worked, although
for Windows 95 I have been unable to get TCP/IP working. DHCP is not
working and ping moans about a wrong protocol. It looks like I am
missing VUDP.386 and I could not find it on the Windows 95 CD. I am
pretty sure I have another CD with OSR2 somewhere, but I can't find it
at the moment. Will have another look at some point, but I think the
driver itself is just fine now.
For what it's worth, I use Win98SE as the minimum Win9x version on my
systems. Many fewer bugs than 95 and the minidriver platform has a degree
of compatibility with NT/2K/XP. I run a Linksys WMP-54GS wireless PCI LAN
adapter on 98SE, for example with no issues.
And I have a similar 98SE/XP/Debian K6 box using the 3C905-TX with no
problems whatsoever.
I also have Windows 3.1 and Windows For Workgroups 3.11 on the machine. I
installed NT 3.1 and the network for that was fine (if I remember
correctly). So, I don't think there is anything wrong with the card itself,
but there is something not right with my installation of Windows 95 itself.
I'll have another look at some point.
My phone screening software runs on 98SE on an old 400MHz Neoware VIA
thin client 24/7 and has been doing so for months.
Supposedly, WinME with appropriate patches is even more solid, but I've
never tried it.
FWIW,
Chuck
4:44 p.m.
Robert Jarratt wrote:
-----Original
Message-----
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Chuck
Guzis
Sent: 27 December 2015 20:34
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: Looking for 3COM 3C905-TX Drivers
On 12/27/2015 01:57 AM, Robert Jarratt wrote:
I should probably also set up 98. I chose 95 because it was quite an
important version of Windows, and it is just nice to see how it used to be.
>And I have a similar 98SE/XP/Debian K6 box using the 3C905-TX with no
>problems whatsoever.
> Thanks Marc. The drivers from the HP Enterprise
site worked, although
for Windows 95 I have been unable to get TCP/IP working. DHCP is not
working and ping moans about a wrong protocol. It looks like I am
missing VUDP.386 and I could not find it on the Windows 95 CD. I am
pretty sure I have another CD with OSR2 somewhere, but I can't find it
at the moment. Will have another look at some point, but I think the
driver itself is just fine now.
For what it's worth, I use Win98SE as the minimum Win9x version on my
systems. Many fewer bugs than 95 and the minidriver platform has a degree
of compatibility with NT/2K/XP. I run a Linksys WMP-54GS wireless PCI LAN
adapter on 98SE, for example with no issues.
5:27 p.m.
On 12/27/2015 04:44 PM, Jerome H. Fine wrote:
Since I am a real Windows dummy, I hesitate to upgrade
to a current
I7 CPU with SATA hard drives. Is there any reasonable possibility of
using an I7 CPU with Win98SE? Are there still I7 motherboards which
support at least one floppy at a time - either 3.5" or 5 1/4"
floppies? Are there any Video cards available which still support
FULL SCREEN mode at 132 columns? Mainly, I would stay with the 12
year old system for another 25 years if I had reliable spare parts
and Netscape 7.2 would still continue to support e-mail with
newsgroups that are still a small but vital link to other activity
that I find interesting. Are there used hardware parts still
available for a Pentium III system? I realize that there are no
guarantees, but where would I find sources for such hardware?
I haven't tried to run Win98SE directly on an I7; at that point, I'm
usually running VirtualBox or another emulator, which allows me to
tailor the (virtual) hardware characteristics to what Windows wants.
Asrock seems to have quite a few motherboards that retain both a legacy
floppy connector as well as an ATA one, in addition to the usual SATA
and USB3 ones. I've had few problems with their Socket AM3+ boards.
However, only a single floppy drive is supported.
--Chuck
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