Smc 83c790qf nic

[Agent Orange]

I'm searching for the the NIC DOS drivers for the following: SMC 60-600464-001 Ultra Chip 83C790QF 8218T RJ-45 ISA Network Card

It's a bog standard NIC and I've misplaced/lost the drivers. The setup will be for my 386/40.



Also, any software or setup info would be helpful.

Thanks for looking

 

[gslick]

I have an SMC 8216C EtherCard Elite16 Ultra combo (TP, AUI, BNC) card which uses the 83C790QF chip. It looks just like the card in the image you posted, except the card in that image only has the TP port populated while my card also has the AUI and BNC parts populated. Is that an actual image of your card, or just one you found on the net? Does your card look exactly like that one? I see very little information about an 8218 version on the net. In any case, if it uses the same 83C790QF chip I would assume it works with the same drivers as the 8216, unless trying them shows otherwise.

I have an 8216C in one system running the packet driver and MTCP. That works fine. I haven't tried using it with NDIS drivers in WFW3.11 or Windows 95.

I am using files I got from an Internet Archive snapshot from 1997.

web.archive.org/web/19970401134836/http://www.smc.com:80/ftpdocs/nics.html#nics/ethernet/8xxx

Elite 16 Ultra series of Ethernet Adapters for 8003, 8013, 8013/A 8216
adf200.exe (8.0K) Elite ADF Configuration file for our MCA adapters
asd700.exe (1007.5K) Latest SuperDisk for Elite/Ultra adapters
dia401.exe (83.4K) Diagnose utility for Elite and Ultra Adapters
gez122.exe (41.8K) New EZSETUP For Elite EtherCard Plus/ Ultra in Dos Ver1.08
gpk115.exe (70.8K) Packet Drvr V11.5 for use with 8/16 Bit Elite/Ultra Adapter.
setjmp.exe (7.8K) Switch setting for most of the Elite Ethernet Line of Cards.

Of those files you probably want gez122.exe if you want to soft-config the card, gpk115.exe if you want the packet driver for DOS, and asd700.exe if you want the NDIS drivers.

Give those a try and see if they work with the 8218 card.

 

[Agent Orange]

I have an SMC 8216C EtherCard Elite16 Ultra combo (TP, AUI, BNC) card which uses the 83C790QF chip. It looks just like the card in the image you posted, except the card in that image only has the TP port populated while my card also has the AUI and BNC parts populated. Is that an actual image of your card, or just one you found on the net? Does your card look exactly like that one? I see very little information about an 8218 version on the net. In any case, if it uses the same 83C790QF chip I would assume it works with the same drivers as the 8216, unless trying them shows otherwise.

I have an 8216C in one system running the packet driver and MTCP. That works fine. I haven't tried using it with NDIS drivers in WFW3.11 or Windows 95.

I am using files I got from an Internet Archive snapshot from 1997.

web.archive.org/web/19970401134836/http://www.smc.com:80/ftpdocs/nics.html#nics/ethernet/8xxx

Elite 16 Ultra series of Ethernet Adapters for 8003, 8013, 8013/A 8216
adf200.exe (8.0K) Elite ADF Configuration file for our MCA adapters
asd700.exe (1007.5K) Latest SuperDisk for Elite/Ultra adapters
dia401.exe (83.4K) Diagnose utility for Elite and Ultra Adapters
gez122.exe (41.8K) New EZSETUP For Elite EtherCard Plus/ Ultra in Dos Ver1.08
gpk115.exe (70.8K) Packet Drvr V11.5 for use with 8/16 Bit Elite/Ultra Adapter.
setjmp.exe (7.8K) Switch setting for most of the Elite Ethernet Line of Cards.

Of those files you probably want gez122.exe if you want to soft-config the card, gpk115.exe if you want the packet driver for DOS, and asd700.exe if you want the NDIS drivers.

Give those a try and see if they work with the 8218 card.

The image is from the net but it appears to be the same as mine. No BNC's just a RJ-45. I was able to find the 'setup' files on VetusWare, but so far no drivers. Thanks for the link. One of the problems that I have is that a 'tub' of 5.25 disks disappeared about the time I retired in 2007. I have a feeling that I left it behind at work and someone just pitched it not knowing what it was. Lot of good stuff in that tub. Thanks again for link. I let you know how it shakes out.

 

[archeocomp]

It worked On a 386SX. ftpsrv.exe was keeping disconnecting, but this drivers and following configuration solved it
SMC LAN Adapter Setup Program -- Version 1.22 (960731)


Board Type: 8216C
Node Address: 0000C03C396A

Current Setup

I/O Base Address 200
IRQ 11
RAM Size 16 K
WIN Size 16 K
RAM Base Address 0CC000
Add Wait States Yes
Network Connection AUI or 10BaseT
Link Integrity Enabled

ROM Size Disabled
ROM Base Address Disabled