If you are able to open the box up, you should be able
to figure it out based on the chip. Usually a NIC
chip will say something about ethernet or 10 base T or
10/100 on it somewhere.
A NIC is basically made up of the jack, a filter
(Bulky looking DIP chip -- Pulse is a common brand),
then an ethernet chip (Level One is a common brand)
and, finally an ASIC. The ASIC is usually a square
chip with lots of fine-pitched leads. That's the one
that you want to get the information off of.
If all else fails, you can get a NIC for about $15 at
your friendly neighborhood computer store... Whatever
you do -- don't resort to W95!! :)
Chris Slater
Network Product Engineer
ExpressPoint Technology Services
--- Denis Voitenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I got this Compaq Presario 4212ES (P166MHz) for free
> and I am trying to make
> the internal NIC work...
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