Not an issue, but i am willing to donate the intel etherexpress 8/16 network card

[sparky4]

i am willing to donate a card straight from ebay ^^
i just need an address.
Please contact me with address via email to sparky4 <> johnreedcenter.net
ill pay for everything

[ghaerr]

Hello @Mellvik, are you interested in this? I realize TLVC isn't totally compatible with ELKS but it would be nice to work towards driver compatibility between the two (and I have some ideas on that), and you're the network/NIC expert. I haven't yet been able to get a NIC working in my desktop 386 or I'd take this on myself.

[Mellvik]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention, @ghaerr.
Not knowing anything about the Intel NIC, I'll have to come back to the actual offer after looking into it and evaluating the effort. Insatiable curiosity is a blessing and a curse, and I'll admit it sounds tempting.
As to NIC driver compatibility between ELKS and TLVC, I don't know what has changed in ELKS since the fork. If it's minimal, it should be 'low threshold'.
Getting the 386 desktop networked - contact me out-of-band.

-M

[sparky4]

here is the source code of the packet driver let me test it http://crynwr.com/drivers/exp16118.zip

[ccoffing]

FWIW I also have several Intel EE 8/16 sitting around that I want to use in ELKS. I am no networking guru, but if this effort gets started, I can help test.

[Mellvik]

Thanks Chuck, that will be very useful.

The ‘project’ will commence when the NIC arrives from sparky4 - some time in March.
FYI the development will be on TLVC, not ELKS, but the result will presumably be a simple drop-in for ELKS.

[sparky4]

ill send it out today

[sparky4]

did ya get the part?

[Mellvik]

Hi @sparky4 - I'm following the tracker,
2 weeks in florida, seems to be on its way now... will letyoy know when it arrives.