etherbridge 2.01

Short:        Network Driver for PC Ethernet ISA cards
Author:       Heiko.Pruessing at gmx.de (Heiko Pruessing)
Uploader:     Heiko Pruessing gmx de (Heiko Pruessing)
Type:         driver/net
Version:      2.01
Requires:     OS >= 2.0, A2088/A2286/A2386, MUI3.8, Amiga Installer >= V42.9
Architecture: m68k-amigaos >= 2.0.4
Kurz:         Amiga Netzwerktreiber für PC Netzwerkkarten (über Bridgeboard)


DESCRIPTION:

  Etherbridge Device is a SANA2 compliant ethernet driver
  for Roadshow, AmiTCP/IP, Miami or other Amiga network stacks. Your can use
  a cheap PC ethernet network card together with a Commodore Bridgboard
  (A2088, A2286, A2386) to connect your Amiga via ethernet.

  This package is Freeware.



FEATURES:

  - "SANA2 Release 2" compatible device driver
  - supports the New Style Device commands (NSD)
  - starts PC side server program and (ms)dos packet driver
    automatically if on demand (optional)
  - works with A2088, A2286 and A2386 Bridgeboards
  - works with every PC network card. All you need is the right
    PCTCP compatible DOS packet driver


LIMITS:

  - No multicasts and SANA2 packet tracking commands


For more information please read the documentation inside...




HISTORY:

V2.01 (26th Jan. 2019)
   - EtherPrefs V1.2 included. Fixes a layout bug when used on Workbench 
     screens with resolution 640x256.
   - Added 3COM509 DOS driver with XT 8 bit ISA bus support (A2088).
   - Updated manuals... 
   

V2.0  (12th Jan 2019)
   - Completely rebuild Amiga device, EtherPrefs and the PC daemon
   - Some speed improvements
   - Bugfix when using keymaps others that German or English: Using a new
     technique emulating the PC keyboard (starting server daemon)
   - Stack warning when smaller that 5kb
   - Rebuild with cross compiler ( GNU-C 3.41 ) on macOS
   - New "COMMODE" property ("-1": "Automatic")
   - New silent mode: No requesters are shown on Amiga
   - Removed superfluous property settings
   - Bugfix: Removed useless waring when version differs between PC and 
     Amiga daemon
   - Rebuild EtherPrefs configuration application
   - PC Server terminates now with 'q' key instead of "any key"
   - Removed many other small and big bugs (e.g. enforcer hits)...
   

 V1.2.2   (29th Oct. 2013)
   - Bugfix: Still a problem with A2088 Bridgeboard. Now it's working.
   - Bugfix: Interrupt mode (COMMODE=0 in Prefs) was not working correctly.
     COMMODE=1 (polling) was used instead.
   - Some code cleanups on DOS Server (the Amiga Device is currently not 
     changed)


 V1.2.1   (13th Jul. 2013)
   - Bugfix: EBServer.exe is now able to run on A2088 (a file was compiled 
     with 386 option and can't run on an 8088)
   - Update contact data


 V1.2   (6th Jul. 1999)
   - config keys changed
   - configuration program "EtherPrefs" added
   - speed optimizations
   - bug removed in buffer management handling
   - finished the english manual


 V1.1   (18th Dec. 1998) (not published)
   - some speed improvements
   - Using Janus low-level functions for more speed instead of
     janus service functions
   - more time for a character transmit (Starting DOS Server)
   - support of DOS drivers ("PCTCP" compatible)
   - remove some little bugs
   - support of device flag "PROMISC"
   - rework of the DOS server "EBSERVER.EXE"
   - support for A2088 and A2286
   - startup busy window


 V1.01  (16th Aug. 1998)
   - added an default config file "etherbridge.config"


 V1.0   (10th Aug. 1998)
   - first public release


 V0.1   (22th May 1997)
   - start of development





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  made with respect to the accuracy, reliability, performance, currentness,
  or operation of this software, and all use is at your own risk.