 Product Type: FDDI Network Interface Card (NIC) for EISA-bus systems.
     Keywords: FDDI, Network, NIC, EISA, NetWare, Windows NT, LAN

 Product name: DEC FDDIcontroller/EISA
 Option names: DEFEA-AA, DEFEA-DA

 Company: Digital Equipment Corporation
          550 King Street (LKG1-2/W6)
          Littleton, MA  01460
          1-800-DEC-INFO, Ext 33  (USA only)
          (508) 493-7167, Ext 33  (Outside USA)

 Product Description:  The DEC FDDIcontroller/EISA is an FDDI Network
        Interface Card that allows EISA-bus computers to connect to
        an FDDI LAN.  The product comprises a controller module, an
        installation guide, and two 3.5" diskettes, which contain
        device drivers and related software. The DEC FDDIcontroller/EISA
        has the following features:

        o Single Attached (SAS) or Dual Attached (DAS) options.
        o Master-mode DMA operation for high throughput/low CPU use.
        o Large on-board buffer memory (1MB) to avoid packet loss.
        o Device drivers for most popular operating environments.
        o Driver updates available via Internet and CompuServe.
        o ANSI draft FDDI Station ManagemenT (SMT) V7.2 compliant
        o Support for full-duplex operation with other DEC controllers.
        o Local management application for access to FDDI attributes.
        o EISA configuration file and diagnostic routines.
        o ANSI standard multimode fiber MIC connectors.
        o Support for Optical Bypass Relay (OBR) on DAS option.

HARDWARE PREREQUISITES:

Any i386, i486, or Alpha AXP PC with an EISA bus. Requires FDDI multimode
fiber
cables with ANSI MIC connectors.

SOFTWARE PREREQUISITES:

The DEC FDDIcontroller/EISA is currently supplied with device drivers for
the
following operating environments:

 - -Digital PATHWORKS for DOS v4.1.
 - -Digital PATHWORKS for OS/2 v2.0.
 - -Microsoft LAN Manager v2.2.
 - -Microsoft Windows NT (March 1993 Beta Version).
 - -Novell NetWare v3.11, client and server applications.
    (Novell Tested and Approved, bulletins L-1557, L-1558)
 - -Novell NetWare v4.0, server applications.
    (Novell Tested and Approved, bulletin L-1572)
 - -OS/2 V1.31 and DOS V5.0.
 - -SCO UNIX V3.2.2 and V3.2.4 and Open Desktop (ODT) V1.1 and V2.0.
 - -SCO MPX V1.1.

PRICING/AVAILABILITY:

The DEC FDDIcontroller/EISA is priced at $1,895 for the single attachment
station
(SAS) and $2,995 for the dual attachment station (DAS), and is available
now.

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