NE2000
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The NE1000 and NE2000 are members of an early line of low cost Ethernet network cards introduced by Novell in 1987. Their popularity had a significant impact on the pervasiveness of networks in computing. They are based on a reference design from National Semiconductor using their 8390 Ethernet chip.
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- History
- NE2000
- Clones
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- Emulator support
- See also
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The NE1000 and NE2000 are members of an early line of low cost Ethernet network cards introduced by Novell in 1987. Their popularity had a significant impact on the pervasiveness of networks in computing. They are based on a reference design from National Semiconductor using their 8390 Ethernet chip.
right|thumb|NE1000 8-bit ISA card (rev B, added AUI port for transceiver) right|thumb|NE2000 16-bit ISA card (rev B, added AUI port for transceiver)