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A2065 Ethernet Card

Producer: Amiga - Category: Other Hardware

Network card, 1990, Commodore. The A2065 is the first Ethernet card for the Amiga, designed by Ameristar and sold by Commodore for the Zorro II slot: an AMD Am7990 LANCE controller with 32 KB of buffer, 10 Mbit/s, with BNC (10BASE2) and AUI (10BASE5) connectors but no twisted pair; still one of the most common Amiga network cards, supported by AmigaOS SANA-II drivers, Linux and NetBSD.

Years1990 to 1994
ManufacturerCommodore International (design by Ameristar Technologies)
CompatibilityAmiga 2000, 3000, 4000 (Zorro II slot)
ControllerAMD Am7990 LANCE, 10 Mbit/s, 32 KB shared buffer with DMA
ConnectorsBNC (thin Ethernet 10BASE2) and DB-15 AUI (thick Ethernet 10BASE5), no 10BASE-T
InterfaceZorro II, full length, autoconfig ID 514/112
SoftwareSANA-II and MNI drivers for AmigaOS, supported by Linux, NetBSD and OpenBSD

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