The 3Com® TokenLink® III 16/4 ISA Token Ring Adapter (3C619B) is
a 16-bit network adapter. It can be installed in any IBM®-compatible UL®-listed
personal computer with an Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus or Extended
Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus.
This adapter offers bandwidth and flexibility by supporting both
4- and 16-Mbps data rates over shielded and unshielded twisted-pair wiring
without requiring an external media filter. The adapter can be configured with
an automatic configuration utility or manually with software. There are no DIP
switches to set. It also provides full EISA configuration support.
This adapter provides the following two modes of operation:
o 3Com mode
o IBM mode
3Com mode increases the number of available IRQ channels from 4
to 8 and the number of I/O base addresses from 2 to 32. You can install up to
six adapters per computer. 3Com drivers (Novell® NetWare® and NDIS) are supplied
on the TokenDisk™ diskette to support these 3Com mode enhancements.
IBM mode provides the same configuration options as IBM 16/4
Token Ring Adapters: four IRQ channels and two I/O base addresses. You can use
either 3Com drivers or IBM drivers with the adapter in IBM mode.
TokenLink III adapters can be managed remotely with Transcend™
TokenLink SmartAgent™ software. Driver agents for this product are supplied on
the TokenDisk diskette.
100% Compatibility
The 3Com TokenLink III 16/4 ISA Token Ring adapter is 100%
compatible with any driver or application commercially available to function
with the generation of TROPIC-based IBM adapter boards available at initial
shipment of the 3Com TokenLink III ISA adapter.
