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even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git
archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about
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git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+1) This file is a supplement to arcnet.txt.  Please read that for general
+   driver configuration help.
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+2) This file is no longer Linux-specific.  It should probably be moved out of
+   the kernel sources.  Ideas?
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Because so many people (myself included) seem to have obtained ARCnet cards
+without manuals, this file contains a quick introduction to ARCnet hardware,
+some cabling tips, and a listing of all jumper settings I can find. Please
+e-mail apenwarr@worldvisions.ca with any settings for your particular card,
+or any other information you have!
+
+
+INTRODUCTION TO ARCNET
+----------------------
+
+ARCnet is a network type which works in a way similar to popular Ethernet
+networks but which is also different in some very important ways.
+
+First of all, you can get ARCnet cards in at least two speeds: 2.5 Mbps
+(slower than Ethernet) and 100 Mbps (faster than normal Ethernet).  In fact,
+there are others as well, but these are less common.  The different hardware
+types, as far as I'm aware, are not compatible and so you cannot wire a
+100 Mbps card to a 2.5 Mbps card, and so on.  From what I hear, my driver does
+work with 100 Mbps cards, but I haven't been able to verify this myself,
+since I only have the 2.5 Mbps variety.  It is probably not going to saturate
+your 100 Mbps card.  Stop complaining. :)
+
+You also cannot connect an ARCnet card to any kind of Ethernet card and
+expect it to work.  
+
+There are two "types" of ARCnet - STAR topology and BUS topology.  This
+refers to how the cards are meant to be wired together.  According to most
+available documentation, you can only connect STAR cards to STAR cards and
+BUS cards to BUS cards.  That makes sense, right?  Well, it's not quite
+true; see below under "Cabling."
+
+Once you get past these little stumbling blocks, ARCnet is actually quite a
+well-designed standard.  It uses something called "modified token passing"
+which makes it completely incompatible with so-called "Token Ring" cards,
+but which makes transfers much more reliable than Ethernet does.  In fact,
+ARCnet will guarantee that a packet arrives safely at the destination, and
+even if it can't possibly be delivered properly (ie. because of a cable
+break, or because the destination computer does not exist) it will at least
+tell the sender about it.
+
+Because of the carefully defined action of the "token", it will always make
+a pass around the "ring" within a maximum length of time.  This makes it
+useful for realtime networks.
+
+In addition, all known ARCnet cards have an (almost) identical programming
+interface.  This means that with one ARCnet driver you can support any
+card, whereas with Ethernet each manufacturer uses what is sometimes a
+completely different programming interface, leading to a lot of different,
+sometimes very similar, Ethernet drivers.  Of course, always using the same
+programming interface also means that when high-performance hardware
+facilities like PCI bus mastering DMA appear, it's hard to take advantage of
+them.  Let's not go into that.
+
+One thing that makes ARCnet cards difficult to program for, however, is the
+limit on their packet sizes; standard ARCnet can only send packets that are
+up to 508 bytes in length.  This is smaller than the Internet "bare minimum"
+of 576 bytes, let alone the Ethernet MTU of 1500.  To compensate, an extra
+level of encapsulation is defined by RFC1201, which I call "packet
+splitting," that allows "virtual packets" to grow as large as 64K each,
+although they are generally kept down to the Ethernet-style 1500 bytes.
+
+For more information on the advantages and disadvantages (mostly the
+advantages) of ARCnet networks, you might try the "ARCnet Trade Association"
+WWW page:
+	http://www.arcnet.com
+
+
+CABLING ARCNET NETWORKS
+-----------------------
+
+This section was rewritten by 
+        Vojtech Pavlik     <vojtech@suse.cz>
+using information from several people, including:
+        Avery Pennraun     <apenwarr@worldvisions.ca>
+ 	Stephen A. Wood    <saw@hallc1.cebaf.gov>
+ 	John Paul Morrison <jmorriso@bogomips.ee.ubc.ca>
+ 	Joachim Koenig     <jojo@repas.de>
+and Avery touched it up a bit, at Vojtech's request.
+
+ARCnet (the classic 2.5 Mbps version) can be connected by two different
+types of cabling: coax and twisted pair.  The other ARCnet-type networks
+(100 Mbps TCNS and 320 kbps - 32 Mbps ARCnet Plus) use different types of
+cabling (Type1, Fiber, C1, C4, C5).
+
+For a coax network, you "should" use 93 Ohm RG-62 cable.  But other cables
+also work fine, because ARCnet is a very stable network. I personally use 75
+Ohm TV antenna cable.
+
+Cards for coax cabling are shipped in two different variants: for BUS and
+STAR network topologies.  They are mostly the same.  The only difference
+lies in the hybrid chip installed.  BUS cards use high impedance output,
+while STAR use low impedance.  Low impedance card (STAR) is electrically
+equal to a high impedance one with a terminator installed.
+
+Usually, the ARCnet networks are built up from STAR cards and hubs.  There
+are two types of hubs - active and passive.  Passive hubs are small boxes
+with four BNC connectors containing four 47 Ohm resistors:
+
+   |         | wires
+   R         + junction
+-R-+-R-      R 47 Ohm resistors
+   R
+   |
+
+The shielding is connected together.  Active hubs are much more complicated;
+they are powered and contain electronics to amplify the signal and send it
+to other segments of the net.  They usually have eight connectors.  Active
+hubs come in two variants - dumb and smart.  The dumb variant just
+amplifies, but the smart one decodes to digital and encodes back all packets
+coming through.  This is much better if you have several hubs in the net,
+since many dumb active hubs may worsen the signal quality.
+
+And now to the cabling.  What you can connect together:
+
+1. A card to a card.  This is the simplest way of creating a 2-computer
+   network.
+
+2. A card to a passive hub.  Remember that all unused connectors on the hub
+   must be properly terminated with 93 Ohm (or something else if you don't
+   have the right ones) terminators.
+   	(Avery's note: oops, I didn't know that.  Mine (TV cable) works
+	anyway, though.)
+
+3. A card to an active hub.  Here is no need to terminate the unused
+   connectors except some kind of aesthetic feeling.  But, there may not be
+   more than eleven active hubs between any two computers.  That of course
+   doesn't limit the number of active hubs on the network.
+   
+4. An active hub to another.
+
+5. An active hub to passive hub.
+
+Remember, that you can not connect two passive hubs together.  The power loss
+implied by such a connection is too high for the net to operate reliably.
+
+An example of a typical ARCnet network:
+
+           R                     S - STAR type card              
+    S------H--------A-------S    R - Terminator
+           |        |            H - Hub                         
+           |        |            A - Active hub                  
+           |   S----H----S                                       
+           S        |                                            
+                    |                                            
+                    S                                            
+                                                                          
+The BUS topology is very similar to the one used by Ethernet.  The only
+difference is in cable and terminators: they should be 93 Ohm.  Ethernet
+uses 50 Ohm impedance. You use T connectors to put the computers on a single
+line of cable, the bus. You have to put terminators at both ends of the
+cable. A typical BUS ARCnet network looks like:
+
+    RT----T------T------T------T------TR
+     B    B      B      B      B      B
+
+  B - BUS type card
+  R - Terminator
+  T - T connector
+
+But that is not all! The two types can be connected together.  According to
+the official documentation the only way of connecting them is using an active
+hub:
+
+         A------T------T------TR
+         |      B      B      B
+     S---H---S
+         |
+         S
+
+The official docs also state that you can use STAR cards at the ends of
+BUS network in place of a BUS card and a terminator:
+
+     S------T------T------S
+            B      B
+
+But, according to my own experiments, you can simply hang a BUS type card
+anywhere in middle of a cable in a STAR topology network.  And more - you
+can use the bus card in place of any star card if you use a terminator. Then
+you can build very complicated networks fulfilling all your needs!  An
+example:
+
+                                  S
+                                  |
+           RT------T-------T------H------S
+            B      B       B      |
+                                  |       R
+    S------A------T-------T-------A-------H------TR                    
+           |      B       B       |       |      B                         
+           |   S                 BT       |                                 
+           |   |                  |  S----A-----S
+    S------H---A----S             |       | 
+           |   |      S------T----H---S   |
+           S   S             B    R       S  
+                                                               
+A basically different cabling scheme is used with Twisted Pair cabling. Each
+of the TP cards has two RJ (phone-cord style) connectors.  The cards are
+then daisy-chained together using a cable connecting every two neighboring
+cards.  The ends are terminated with RJ 93 Ohm terminators which plug into
+the empty connectors of cards on the ends of the chain.  An example:
+
+          ___________   ___________
+      _R_|_         _|_|_         _|_R_  
+     |     |       |     |       |     |      
+     |Card |       |Card |       |Card |     
+     |_____|       |_____|       |_____|          
+
+
+There are also hubs for the TP topology.  There is nothing difficult
+involved in using them; you just connect a TP chain to a hub on any end or
+even at both.  This way you can create almost any network configuration. 
+The maximum of 11 hubs between any two computers on the net applies here as
+well.  An example:
+
+    RP-------P--------P--------H-----P------P-----PR
+                               |
+      RP-----H--------P--------H-----P------PR
+             |                 |
+             PR                PR
+
+    R - RJ Terminator
+    P - TP Card
+    H - TP Hub
+
+Like any network, ARCnet has a limited cable length.  These are the maximum
+cable lengths between two active ends (an active end being an active hub or
+a STAR card).
+
+		RG-62       93 Ohm up to 650 m
+		RG-59/U     75 Ohm up to 457 m
+		RG-11/U     75 Ohm up to 533 m
+		IBM Type 1 150 Ohm up to 200 m
+		IBM Type 3 100 Ohm up to 100 m
+
+The maximum length of all cables connected to a passive hub is limited to 65
+meters for RG-62 cabling; less for others.  You can see that using passive
+hubs in a large network is a bad idea. The maximum length of a single "BUS
+Trunk" is about 300 meters for RG-62. The maximum distance between the two
+most distant points of the net is limited to 3000 meters. The maximum length
+of a TP cable between two cards/hubs is 650 meters.
+
+
+SETTING THE JUMPERS
+-------------------
+
+All ARCnet cards should have a total of four or five different settings:
+
+  - the I/O address:  this is the "port" your ARCnet card is on.  Probed
+    values in the Linux ARCnet driver are only from 0x200 through 0x3F0. (If
+    your card has additional ones, which is possible, please tell me.) This
+    should not be the same as any other device on your system.  According to
+    a doc I got from Novell, MS Windows prefers values of 0x300 or more,
+    eating net connections on my system (at least) otherwise.  My guess is
+    this may be because, if your card is at 0x2E0, probing for a serial port
+    at 0x2E8 will reset the card and probably mess things up royally.
+	- Avery's favourite: 0x300.
+
+  - the IRQ: on  8-bit cards, it might be 2 (9), 3, 4, 5, or 7.
+             on 16-bit cards, it might be 2 (9), 3, 4, 5, 7, or 10-15.
+             
+    Make sure this is different from any other card on your system.  Note
+    that IRQ2 is the same as IRQ9, as far as Linux is concerned.  You can
+    "cat /proc/interrupts" for a somewhat complete list of which ones are in
+    use at any given time.  Here is a list of common usages from Vojtech
+    Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>:
+    	("Not on bus" means there is no way for a card to generate this
+	interrupt)
+	IRQ  0 - Timer 0 (Not on bus)
+	IRQ  1 - Keyboard (Not on bus)
+	IRQ  2 - IRQ Controller 2 (Not on bus, nor does interrupt the CPU)
+	IRQ  3 - COM2
+	IRQ  4 - COM1
+	IRQ  5 - FREE (LPT2 if you have it; sometimes COM3; maybe PLIP)
+	IRQ  6 - Floppy disk controller
+	IRQ  7 - FREE (LPT1 if you don't use the polling driver; PLIP) 
+	IRQ  8 - Realtime Clock Interrupt (Not on bus)
+	IRQ  9 - FREE (VGA vertical sync interrupt if enabled)
+	IRQ 10 - FREE
+	IRQ 11 - FREE
+	IRQ 12 - FREE
+	IRQ 13 - Numeric Coprocessor (Not on bus)
+	IRQ 14 - Fixed Disk Controller
+	IRQ 15 - FREE (Fixed Disk Controller 2 if you have it) 
+	
+	Note: IRQ 9 is used on some video cards for the "vertical retrace"
+	interrupt.  This interrupt would have been handy for things like
+	video games, as it occurs exactly once per screen refresh, but
+	unfortunately IBM cancelled this feature starting with the original
+	VGA and thus many VGA/SVGA cards do not support it.  For this
+	reason, no modern software uses this interrupt and it can almost
+	always be safely disabled, if your video card supports it at all.
+	
+	If your card for some reason CANNOT disable this IRQ (usually there
+	is a jumper), one solution would be to clip the printed circuit
+	contact on the board: it's the fourth contact from the left on the
+	back side.  I take no responsibility if you try this.
+
+	- Avery's favourite: IRQ2 (actually IRQ9).  Watch that VGA, though.
+
+  - the memory address:  Unlike most cards, ARCnets use "shared memory" for
+    copying buffers around.  Make SURE it doesn't conflict with any other
+    used memory in your system!
+	A0000		- VGA graphics memory (ok if you don't have VGA)
+        B0000		- Monochrome text mode
+        C0000		\  One of these is your VGA BIOS - usually C0000.
+        E0000		/
+        F0000		- System BIOS
+
+    Anything less than 0xA0000 is, well, a BAD idea since it isn't above
+    640k.
+	- Avery's favourite: 0xD0000
+
+  - the station address:  Every ARCnet card has its own "unique" network
+    address from 0 to 255.  Unlike Ethernet, you can set this address
+    yourself with a jumper or switch (or on some cards, with special
+    software).  Since it's only 8 bits, you can only have 254 ARCnet cards
+    on a network.  DON'T use 0 or 255, since these are reserved (although
+    neat stuff will probably happen if you DO use them).  By the way, if you
+    haven't already guessed, don't set this the same as any other ARCnet on
+    your network!
+	- Avery's favourite:  3 and 4.  Not that it matters.
+
+  - There may be ETS1 and ETS2 settings.  These may or may not make a
+    difference on your card (many manuals call them "reserved"), but are
+    used to change the delays used when powering up a computer on the
+    network.  This is only necessary when wiring VERY long range ARCnet
+    networks, on the order of 4km or so; in any case, the only real
+    requirement here is that all cards on the network with ETS1 and ETS2
+    jumpers have them in the same position.  Chris Hindy <chrish@io.org>
+    sent in a chart with actual values for this:
+	ET1	ET2	Response Time	Reconfiguration Time
+	---	---	-------------	--------------------
+	open	open	74.7us		840us
+	open	closed	283.4us		1680us
+	closed	open	561.8us		1680us
+	closed	closed	1118.6us	1680us
+    
+    Make sure you set ETS1 and ETS2 to the SAME VALUE for all cards on your
+    network.
+    
+Also, on many cards (not mine, though) there are red and green LED's. 
+Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz> tells me this is what they mean:
+	GREEN           RED             Status
+	-----		---		------
+	OFF             OFF             Power off
+	OFF             Short flashes   Cabling problems (broken cable or not
+					  terminated)
+	OFF (short)     ON              Card init
+	ON              ON              Normal state - everything OK, nothing
+					  happens
+	ON              Long flashes    Data transfer
+	ON              OFF             Never happens (maybe when wrong ID)
+
+
+The following is all the specific information people have sent me about
+their own particular ARCnet cards.  It is officially a mess, and contains
+huge amounts of duplicated information.  I have no time to fix it.  If you
+want to, PLEASE DO!  Just send me a 'diff -u' of all your changes.
+
+The model # is listed right above specifics for that card, so you should be
+able to use your text viewer's "search" function to find the entry you want. 
+If you don't KNOW what kind of card you have, try looking through the
+various diagrams to see if you can tell.
+
+If your model isn't listed and/or has different settings, PLEASE PLEASE
+tell me.  I had to figure mine out without the manual, and it WASN'T FUN!
+
+Even if your ARCnet model isn't listed, but has the same jumpers as another
+model that is, please e-mail me to say so.
+
+Cards Listed in this file (in this order, mostly):
+
+	Manufacturer	Model #			Bits
+	------------	-------			----
+	SMC		PC100			8
+	SMC		PC110			8
+	SMC		PC120			8
+	SMC		PC130			8
+	SMC		PC270E			8
+	SMC		PC500			16
+	SMC		PC500Longboard		16
+	SMC		PC550Longboard		16
+	SMC		PC600			16
+	SMC		PC710			8
+	SMC?		LCS-8830(-T)		8/16
+	Puredata	PDI507			8
+	CNet Tech	CN120-Series		8
+	CNet Tech	CN160-Series		16
+	Lantech?	UM9065L chipset		8
+	Acer		5210-003		8
+	Datapoint?	LAN-ARC-8		8
+	Topware		TA-ARC/10		8
+	Thomas-Conrad	500-6242-0097 REV A	8
+	Waterloo?	(C)1985 Waterloo Micro. 8
+	No Name		--			8/16
+	No Name		Taiwan R.O.C?		8
+	No Name		Model 9058		8
+	Tiara		Tiara Lancard?		8
+	
+
+** SMC = Standard Microsystems Corp.
+** CNet Tech = CNet Technology, Inc.
+
+
+Unclassified Stuff
+------------------
+  - Please send any other information you can find.
+  
+  - And some other stuff (more info is welcome!):
+     From: root@ultraworld.xs4all.nl (Timo Hilbrink)
+     To: apenwarr@foxnet.net (Avery Pennarun)
+     Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 02:10:32 +0000 (GMT)
+     Reply-To: timoh@xs4all.nl
+
+     [...parts deleted...]
+
+     About the jumpers: On my PC130 there is one more jumper, located near the
+     cable-connector and it's for changing to star or bus topology; 
+     closed: star - open: bus
+     On the PC500 are some more jumper-pins, one block labeled with RX,PDN,TXI
+     and another with ALE,LA17,LA18,LA19 these are undocumented..
+
+     [...more parts deleted...]
+
+     --- CUT ---
+
+
+** Standard Microsystems Corp (SMC) **
+PC100, PC110, PC120, PC130 (8-bit cards)
+PC500, PC600 (16-bit cards)
+---------------------------------
+  - mainly from Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@worldvisions.ca>.  Values depicted
+    are from Avery's setup.
+  - special thanks to Timo Hilbrink <timoh@xs4all.nl> for noting that PC120,
+    130, 500, and 600 all have the same switches as Avery's PC100. 
+    PC500/600 have several extra, undocumented pins though. (?)
+  - PC110 settings were verified by Stephen A. Wood <saw@cebaf.gov>
+  - Also, the JP- and S-numbers probably don't match your card exactly.  Try
+    to find jumpers/switches with the same number of settings - it's
+    probably more reliable.
+  
+
+     JP5		       [|]    :    :    :    :
+(IRQ Setting)		      IRQ2  IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ7
+		Put exactly one jumper on exactly one set of pins.
+
+
+                          1  2   3  4  5  6   7  8  9 10
+     S1                /----------------------------------\
+(I/O and Memory        |  1  1 * 0  0  0  0 * 1  1  0  1  |
+ addresses)            \----------------------------------/
+                          |--|   |--------|   |--------|
+                          (a)       (b)           (m)
+                          
+                WARNING.  It's very important when setting these which way
+                you're holding the card, and which way you think is '1'!
+                
+                If you suspect that your settings are not being made
+		correctly, try reversing the direction or inverting the
+		switch positions.
+
+		a: The first digit of the I/O address.
+			Setting		Value
+			-------		-----
+			00		0
+			01		1
+			10		2
+			11		3
+
+		b: The second digit of the I/O address.
+			Setting		Value
+			-------		-----
+			0000		0
+			0001		1
+			0010		2
+			...		...
+			1110		E
+			1111		F
+
+		The I/O address is in the form ab0.  For example, if
+		a is 0x2 and b is 0xE, the address will be 0x2E0.
+
+		DO NOT SET THIS LESS THAN 0x200!!!!!
+
+
+		m: The first digit of the memory address.
+			Setting		Value
+			-------		-----
+			0000		0
+			0001		1
+			0010		2
+			...		...
+			1110		E
+			1111		F
+
+		The memory address is in the form m0000.  For example, if
+		m is D, the address will be 0xD0000.
+
+		DO NOT SET THIS TO C0000, F0000, OR LESS THAN A0000!
+
+                          1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8
+     S2                /--------------------------\
+(Station Address)      |  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  |
+                       \--------------------------/
+
+			Setting		Value
+			-------		-----
+			00000000	00
+			10000000	01
+			01000000	02
+			...
+			01111111	FE
+			11111111	FF
+
+		Note that this is binary with the digits reversed!
+
+		DO NOT SET THIS TO 0 OR 255 (0xFF)!
+
+
+*****************************************************************************
+
+** Standard Microsystems Corp (SMC) **
+PC130E/PC270E (8-bit cards)
+---------------------------
+  - from Juergen Seifert <seifert@htwm.de>
+
+
+STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION (SMC) ARCNET(R)-PC130E/PC270E
+===============================================================
+
+This description has been written by Juergen Seifert <seifert@htwm.de>
+using information from the following Original SMC Manual 
+
+             "Configuration Guide for
+             ARCNET(R)-PC130E/PC270
+            Network Controller Boards
+                Pub. # 900.044A
+                   June, 1989"
+
+ARCNET is a registered trademark of the Datapoint Corporation
+SMC is a registered trademark of the Standard Microsystems Corporation  
+
+The PC130E is an enhanced version of the PC130 board, is equipped with a 
+standard BNC female connector for connection to RG-62/U coax cable.
+Since this board is designed both for point-to-point connection in star
+networks and for connection to bus networks, it is downwardly compatible 
+with all the other standard boards designed for coax networks (that is,
+the PC120, PC110 and PC100 star topology boards and the PC220, PC210 and 
+PC200 bus topology boards).
+
+The PC270E is an enhanced version of the PC260 board, is equipped with two 
+modular RJ11-type jacks for connection to twisted pair wiring.
+It can be used in a star or a daisy-chained network.
+
+
+         8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
+    ________________________________________________________________
+   |   |       S1        |                                          |
+   |   |_________________|                                          |
+   |    Offs|Base |I/O Addr                                         |
+   |     RAM Addr |                                              ___|
+   |         ___  ___                                       CR3 |___|
+   |        |   \/   |                                      CR4 |___|
+   |        |  PROM  |                                           ___|
+   |        |        |                                        N |   | 8
+   |        | SOCKET |                                        o |   | 7
+   |        |________|                                        d |   | 6
+   |                   ___________________                    e |   | 5
+   |                  |                   |                   A | S | 4
+   |       |oo| EXT2  |                   |                   d | 2 | 3
+   |       |oo| EXT1  |       SMC         |                   d |   | 2
+   |       |oo| ROM   |      90C63        |                   r |___| 1
+   |       |oo| IRQ7  |                   |               |o|  _____|
+   |       |oo| IRQ5  |                   |               |o| | J1  |
+   |       |oo| IRQ4  |                   |              STAR |_____|
+   |       |oo| IRQ3  |                   |                   | J2  |
+   |       |oo| IRQ2  |___________________|                   |_____|
+   |___                                               ______________|
+       |                                             |
+       |_____________________________________________|
+
+Legend:
+
+SMC 90C63	ARCNET Controller / Transceiver /Logic
+S1	1-3:	I/O Base Address Select
+	4-6:	Memory Base Address Select
+	7-8:	RAM Offset Select
+S2	1-8:	Node ID Select
+EXT		Extended Timeout Select
+ROM		ROM Enable Select
+STAR		Selected - Star Topology	(PC130E only)
+		Deselected - Bus Topology	(PC130E only)
+CR3/CR4		Diagnostic LEDs
+J1		BNC RG62/U Connector		(PC130E only)
+J1		6-position Telephone Jack	(PC270E only)
+J2		6-position Telephone Jack	(PC270E only)
+
+Setting one of the switches to Off/Open means "1", On/Closed means "0".
+
+
+Setting the Node ID
+-------------------
+
+The eight switches in group S2 are used to set the node ID.
+These switches work in a way similar to the PC100-series cards; see that
+entry for more information.
+
+
+Setting the I/O Base Address
+----------------------------
+
+The first three switches in switch group S1 are used to select one
+of eight possible I/O Base addresses using the following table
+
+
+   Switch | Hex I/O
+   1 2 3  | Address
+   -------|--------
+   0 0 0  |  260
+   0 0 1  |  290
+   0 1 0  |  2E0  (Manufacturer's default)
+   0 1 1  |  2F0
+   1 0 0  |  300
+   1 0 1  |  350
+   1 1 0  |  380
+   1 1 1  |  3E0
+
+
+Setting the Base Memory (RAM) buffer Address
+--------------------------------------------
+
+The memory buffer requires 2K of a 16K block of RAM. The base of this
+16K block can be located in any of eight positions.
+Switches 4-6 of switch group S1 select the Base of the 16K block.
+Within that 16K address space, the buffer may be assigned any one of four 
+positions, determined by the offset, switches 7 and 8 of group S1.
+
+   Switch     | Hex RAM | Hex ROM
+   4 5 6  7 8 | Address | Address *)
+   -----------|---------|-----------
+   0 0 0  0 0 |  C0000  |  C2000
+   0 0 0  0 1 |  C0800  |  C2000
+   0 0 0  1 0 |  C1000  |  C2000
+   0 0 0  1 1 |  C1800  |  C2000
+              |         |
+   0 0 1  0 0 |  C4000  |  C6000
+   0 0 1  0 1 |  C4800  |  C6000
+   0 0 1  1 0 |  C5000  |  C6000
+   0 0 1  1 1 |  C5800  |  C6000
+              |         |
+   0 1 0  0 0 |  CC000  |  CE000
+   0 1 0  0 1 |  CC800  |  CE000
+   0 1 0  1 0 |  CD000  |  CE000
+   0 1 0  1 1 |  CD800  |  CE000
+              |         |
+   0 1 1  0 0 |  D0000  |  D2000  (Manufacturer's default)
+   0 1 1  0 1 |  D0800  |  D2000
+   0 1 1  1 0 |  D1000  |  D2000
+   0 1 1  1 1 |  D1800  |  D2000
+              |         |
+   1 0 0  0 0 |  D4000  |  D6000
+   1 0 0  0 1 |  D4800  |  D6000
+   1 0 0  1 0 |  D5000  |  D6000
+   1 0 0  1 1 |  D5800  |  D6000
+              |         |
+   1 0 1  0 0 |  D8000  |  DA000
+   1 0 1  0 1 |  D8800  |  DA000
+   1 0 1  1 0 |  D9000  |  DA000
+   1 0 1  1 1 |  D9800  |  DA000
+              |         |
+   1 1 0  0 0 |  DC000  |  DE000
+   1 1 0  0 1 |  DC800  |  DE000
+   1 1 0  1 0 |  DD000  |  DE000
+   1 1 0  1 1 |  DD800  |  DE000
+              |         |
+   1 1 1  0 0 |  E0000  |  E2000
+   1 1 1  0 1 |  E0800  |  E2000
+   1 1 1  1 0 |  E1000  |  E2000
+   1 1 1  1 1 |  E1800  |  E2000
+  
+*) To enable the 8K Boot PROM install the jumper ROM.
+   The default is jumper ROM not installed.
+
+
+Setting the Timeouts and Interrupt
+----------------------------------
+
+The jumpers labeled EXT1 and EXT2 are used to determine the timeout 
+parameters. These two jumpers are normally left open.
+
+To select a hardware interrupt level set one (only one!) of the jumpers
+IRQ2, IRQ3, IRQ4, IRQ5, IRQ7. The Manufacturer's default is IRQ2.
+ 
+
+Configuring the PC130E for Star or Bus Topology
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+The single jumper labeled STAR is used to configure the PC130E board for 
+star or bus topology.
+When the jumper is installed, the board may be used in a star network, when 
+it is removed, the board can be used in a bus topology.
+
+
+Diagnostic LEDs
+---------------
+
+Two diagnostic LEDs are visible on the rear bracket of the board.
+The green LED monitors the network activity: the red one shows the
+board activity:
+
+ Green  | Status               Red      | Status
+ -------|-------------------   ---------|-------------------
+  on    | normal activity      flash/on | data transfer
+  blink | reconfiguration      off      | no data transfer;
+  off   | defective board or            | incorrect memory or
+        | node ID is zero               | I/O address
+
+
+*****************************************************************************
+
+** Standard Microsystems Corp (SMC) **
+PC500/PC550 Longboard (16-bit cards)
+-------------------------------------
+  - from Juergen Seifert <seifert@htwm.de>
+
+
+STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION (SMC) ARCNET-PC500/PC550 Long Board
+=====================================================================
+
+Note: There is another Version of the PC500 called Short Version, which 
+      is different in hard- and software! The most important differences
+      are:
+      - The long board has no Shared memory.
+      - On the long board the selection of the interrupt is done by binary
+        coded switch, on the short board directly by jumper.
+        
+[Avery's note: pay special attention to that: the long board HAS NO SHARED
+MEMORY.  This means the current Linux-ARCnet driver can't use these cards. 
+I have obtained a PC500Longboard and will be doing some experiments on it in
+the future, but don't hold your breath.  Thanks again to Juergen Seifert for
+his advice about this!]
+
+This description has been written by Juergen Seifert <seifert@htwm.de>
+using information from the following Original SMC Manual 
+
+             "Configuration Guide for
+             SMC ARCNET-PC500/PC550
+         Series Network Controller Boards
+             Pub. # 900.033 Rev. A
+                November, 1989"
+
+ARCNET is a registered trademark of the Datapoint Corporation
+SMC is a registered trademark of the Standard Microsystems Corporation  
+
+The PC500 is equipped with a standard BNC female connector for connection
+to RG-62/U coax cable.
+The board is designed both for point-to-point connection in star networks
+and for connection to bus networks.
+
+The PC550 is equipped with two modular RJ11-type jacks for connection
+to twisted pair wiring.
+It can be used in a star or a daisy-chained (BUS) network.
+
+       1 
+       0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1     6 5 4 3 2 1
+    ____________________________________________________________________
+   < |         SW1         | |     SW2     |                            |
+   > |_____________________| |_____________|                            |
+   <   IRQ    |I/O Addr                                                 |
+   >                                                                 ___|
+   <                                                            CR4 |___|
+   >                                                            CR3 |___|
+   <                                                                 ___|
+   >                                                              N |   | 8
+   <                                                              o |   | 7
+   >                                                              d | S | 6
+   <                                                              e | W | 5
+   >                                                              A | 3 | 4
+   <                                                              d |   | 3
+   >                                                              d |   | 2
+   <                                                              r |___| 1
+   >                                                        |o|    _____|
+   <                                                        |o|   | J1  |
+   >  3 1                                                   JP6   |_____|
+   < |o|o| JP2                                                    | J2  |
+   > |o|o|                                                        |_____|
+   <  4 2__                                               ______________|
+   >    |  |                                             |
+   <____|  |_____________________________________________|
+
+Legend:
+
+SW1	1-6:	I/O Base Address Select
+	7-10:	Interrupt Select
+SW2	1-6:	Reserved for Future Use
+SW3	1-8:	Node ID Select
+JP2	1-4:	Extended Timeout Select
+JP6		Selected - Star Topology	(PC500 only)
+		Deselected - Bus Topology	(PC500 only)
+CR3	Green	Monitors Network Activity
+CR4	Red	Monitors Board Activity
+J1		BNC RG62/U Connector		(PC500 only)
+J1		6-position Telephone Jack	(PC550 only)
+J2		6-position Telephone Jack	(PC550 only)
+
+Setting one of the switches to Off/Open means "1", On/Closed means "0".
+
+
+Setting the Node ID
+-------------------
+
+The eight switches in group SW3 are used to set the node ID. Each node
+attached to the network must have an unique node ID which must be 
+different from 0.
+Switch 1 serves as the least significant bit (LSB).
+
+The node ID is the sum of the values of all switches set to "1"  
+These values are:
+
+    Switch | Value
+    -------|-------
+      1    |   1
+      2    |   2
+      3    |   4
+      4    |   8
+      5    |  16
+      6    |  32
+      7    |  64
+      8    | 128
+
+Some Examples:
+
+    Switch         | Hex     | Decimal 
+   8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 | Node ID | Node ID
+   ----------------|---------|---------
+   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |    not allowed
+   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 |    1    |    1 
+   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 |    2    |    2
+   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 |    3    |    3
+       . . .       |         |
+   0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 |   55    |   85
+       . . .       |         |
+   1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 |   AA    |  170
+       . . .       |         |  
+   1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 |   FD    |  253
+   1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 |   FE    |  254
+   1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 |   FF    |  255 
+
+
+Setting the I/O Base Address
+----------------------------
+
+The first six switches in switch group SW1 are used to select one
+of 32 possible I/O Base addresses using the following table
+
+   Switch       | Hex I/O
+   6 5  4 3 2 1 | Address
+   -------------|--------
+   0 1  0 0 0 0 |  200
+   0 1  0 0 0 1 |  210
+   0 1  0 0 1 0 |  220
+   0 1  0 0 1 1 |  230
+   0 1  0 1 0 0 |  240
+   0 1  0 1 0 1 |  250
+   0 1  0 1 1 0 |  260
+   0 1  0 1 1 1 |  270
+   0 1  1 0 0 0 |  280
+   0 1  1 0 0 1 |  290
+   0 1  1 0 1 0 |  2A0
+   0 1  1 0 1 1 |  2B0
+   0 1  1 1 0 0 |  2C0
+   0 1  1 1 0 1 |  2D0
+   0 1  1 1 1 0 |  2E0 (Manufacturer's default)
+   0 1  1 1 1 1 |  2F0
+   1 1  0 0 0 0 |  300
+   1 1  0 0 0 1 |  310
+   1 1  0 0 1 0 |  320
+   1 1  0 0 1 1 |  330
+   1 1  0 1 0 0 |  340
+   1 1  0 1 0 1 |  350
+   1 1  0 1 1 0 |  360
+   1 1  0 1 1 1 |  370
+   1 1  1 0 0 0 |  380
+   1 1  1 0 0 1 |  390
+   1 1  1 0 1 0 |  3A0
+   1 1  1 0 1 1 |  3B0
+   1 1  1 1 0 0 |  3C0
+   1 1  1 1 0 1 |  3D0
+   1 1  1 1 1 0 |  3E0
+   1 1  1 1 1 1 |  3F0
+
+
+Setting the Interrupt
+---------------------
+
+Switches seven through ten of switch group SW1 are used to select the 
+interrupt level. The interrupt level is binary coded, so selections 
+from 0 to 15 would be possible, but only the following eight values will
+be supported: 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12.
+
+   Switch   | IRQ
+   10 9 8 7 | 
+   ---------|-------- 
+    0 0 1 1 |  3
+    0 1 0 0 |  4
+    0 1 0 1 |  5
+    0 1 1 1 |  7
+    1 0 0 1 |  9 (=2) (default)
+    1 0 1 0 | 10
+    1 0 1 1 | 11
+    1 1 0 0 | 12
+
+
+Setting the Timeouts 
+--------------------
+
+The two jumpers JP2 (1-4) are used to determine the timeout parameters. 
+These two jumpers are normally left open.
+Refer to the COM9026 Data Sheet for alternate configurations.
+
+
+Configuring the PC500 for Star or Bus Topology
+----------------------------------------------
+
+The single jumper labeled JP6 is used to configure the PC500 board for 
+star or bus topology.
+When the jumper is installed, the board may be used in a star network, when 
+it is removed, the board can be used in a bus topology.
+
+
+Diagnostic LEDs
+---------------
+
+Two diagnostic LEDs are visible on the rear bracket of the board.
+The green L