Dear Victor,
I have read the list and followed the thread.
I have cards with the seventh and eighth digits are not even on the list. And the work in the Newton
These are all Farallon cards (as indicated by the EA*0000C5 digits) and they were all purchased as PN895 systems at the same time.
Seventh and eighth digits on cards I know work:
BD
92
81
CO (could be C0 (zero))
All of these cards are the PN: 16-0035-000 REV:A cards
Seventh and eighth digits on cards I know do not work: (These cards were purchased for another application in late '99 after Farallon stated they would not be compatible with the
Newton)
7B
E9
These cards do not have a "PN: XX-XXXX-XXX" numbers.
Any other clues for identifying compatibility?
Wizard
Victor Rehorst wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, thwizard wrote:
>
> > I have encountered a problem with the assignment of numbers on the
> > Farallon ethernet cards and which ones actually work in the Newton.
> > It has been reported that the REV: B and the REV: C cards work in the
> > Newton, while the REV: A card does not. But I am using the REV: A card
> > and it functions perfectly.
> > Maybe you could check your cards out and email me the info. What is the
> > number on the back of the card, what type of connector are you using
> > (the direct connector or the two-port dongle.) I can maybe then
> > determine which cards work and which cards do not.
>
> This is because there have been *very* mixed reports from people using REV:A
> cards.
>
> > This problem is further confusing, since some of the cards have been
> > sold as PN595 or as PN895 systems. I believe the PN595 and the PN895
> > only differ by the type of connectors they use. I have used both types
> > of connectors with these "PN895" cards.
>
> There was much discussion in the past few months on how to recognize a
> working Farallon card, and probably the most reliable thing to use is the
> fifth and sixth characters of the card's hardware address: Farallon uses
> this number to determine the model numbers for its cards. Try searching the
> list archives for more info.
>
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