Network Adapters Compatible with IBM Token-Ring Adapter

SUMMARY

Network interface cards (NIC) that use the IBM/National Semiconductor Token Ring Protocol Interface Controller (TROPIC) chip set should be fully compatible with IBM Token-Ring Adapters and thus compatible with the IBM Token-Ring Driver that ships with Windows NT.

The following adapters use the TROPIC chip set: For additional information concerning compatibility, contact the manufacturer of the individual adapter.

Listed below is the TROPIC chip set that IBM licensed from National Semiconductor.

   DP8025   Token Ring Interface Controller
   DP802511 TROPIC RAM Relocation Register Decoder
   DP802512 Upper Memory Decoder
   DP802513 Memory MEMCS-16 Signal Decoder
   DP802514 TROPIC REEF
   DP802515 TROPIC PELE
				

The DP802514 and DP802515 are Microcode ROMs for the TROPIC Token-Ring Network Controllers and they feature an interface that is compatible to DP8025 Interface Controller to allow direct interfacing without the use of GLUE logic.