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This area is updated regularly with the latest drivers and support files for the DIGITAL Semiconductor family of PCI Ethernet and Fast Ethernet devices. Each of these device drivers is a unified driver which operates any of the products in our Ethernet family. This family includes the 21040 and 21041 PCI Ethernet Controllers, the 21140 and 21140A PCI Fast Ethernet Controllers and the 21142 and 21143 PCI/CardBus Fast Ethernet Controllers.  

Drivers

NDIS3 and NDIS4 Unified DC21x4 drivers 

NDIS3&4 drivers for Windows NT 4.0 & Windows 95 OSR2, NDIS3 driver for Windows NT 4.0/3.51

Updated: 13 Jan 1998 
Size: 1303KB 
Version: 4.31 
Filename: nd3_431.zip  

Novell Server Unified DC21x4 driver 

32-Bit ODI drivers for 3.1x and 4.x Novell Servers, Client32 drivers for DOS and Win95

Updated: 14 Aug 1997 
Size: 400KB 
Version: 3.11 
Filename: novs_311.zip  

Novell Client Unified DC21x4 driver 

16-bit ODI driver for DOS

Updated: 16 Dec 1997 
Size: 38KB 
Version: 2.61 
Filename: novc_261.zip  

NDIS2 Unified DC21x4 driver 

NDIS2 MAC drivers for DOS, OS/2, WfW 3.1, WfW 3.11, and Windows 95

Updated: 13 Feb 1998 
Size: 133KB 
Version: 2.62 
Filename: nd2_262.zip  

SCO Unix Unified DC21x4 driver 

SCO Unix LLI and MDI drivers

Updated: 17 Apr 1998 
Size: 367KB 
Version: 4.22 
Filename: sco_422.zip  

SCO UnixWare7 DC21x4 driver

SCO Unix MDI2 driver

Updated: 26 Mar 1998 
Size: 187KB 
Version: 4.22 
Filename: unx7_422.zip

Support Files

SROM Specification for DC21x4 devices 

EEPROM data/format requirements for 21041, 21140, 21140A, 21142, and 21143 devices

Compliance with data/format is necessary for interoperability with DC21x4 drivers 
Updated: 05 Mar 1998 
Size: 276KB 
Version 4.05 
Filename: srom_405.doc  

SROM programming tool kit 

SROM programming utilities for 21041, 21140, 21140A, 21142 and 21143

Updated: 05 Mar 1998 
Size: 282KB 
Version 4.05 
Filename: srom405e.zip  

DVT Design Verification diagnostic 

Manufacturing test utility for verifying DC21x4 adapter functionality 

Updated: 10 February 1998 
Size: 218KB 
Version 2.02 
Filename: dvt202e.zip  

PCITEST diagnostic 

Utility to determine whether a PC is Rev 2.0 PCI compliant

Updated: 18 Apr 1997 
Size: 50KB 
Version 2.4 
Filename: pcitst24.zip  

EVBDebug diagnostic 

Utility for low-level debug & analysis of Digital Semiconductor 21x4 evaluation boards (or similar)

Updated: 09 Oct 1997 
Size: 87KB 
Version 5.0 
Filename: evbdeb50.zip  

CardBus Enabler 

Utility that maps CardBus slots into PCI configuration space for some CardBus laptops

Updated: 05 Mar 1998 
Size: 39KB 
Version 1.8 
Filename: cbenb18e.zip  

BSDL (Boundary Scan Description Language) files for Digital Semiconductor network chips 

Includes 21040, 21041, 21140, 21140A, 21142, 21143 and 21440

Updated: 22 April 1998 
Size: 31KB 
Filename: 21x4bsdl.zip 

Developer's Area

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evaluation board information at the Digital Semiconductor Developer's Page.

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