Mac SE/30 Network card identification

[Deccman]

I picked up a Mac SE/30 on the weekend which appears to have a network card in the PDS slot. It breaks out to a connector card with Thicknet, BNC and RJ-45.

So far my Google-fu has failed me in finding out info about this card. All I can find on the card is "SI St NIC Rev D BD-031" and on connector card "Connector Card BD-033".

Has anyone seen this brand of card before? There seems to be similar looking network cards for the SE/30, but haven't been able to find the exact one on the Internet.

 

[Daniël]

If you're looking for a driver, the generic Apple Ethernet driver, or a driver for the Asante, Farallon or Shiva SE/30 cards may work just fine. The datasheet for that Macronix Ethernet controller mentions it's NatSemi DP83902 compatible, which almost all other SE/30 PDS cards use, and they generally are intercompatible driver wise (because it's effectively a DP83902 driver).

 

[mikes-macs]

Load up Tattle Tech and see what it identifies the NIC as.

 

[Deccman]

Load up Tattle Tech and see what it identifies the NIC as.

I'm not finding anything with that name, other than a restaurant management app. Do you happen to have a link for that?

If you're looking for a driver, the generic Apple Ethernet driver, or a driver for the Asante, Farallon or Shiva SE/30 cards may work just fine. The datasheet for that Macronix Ethernet controller mentions it's NatSemi DP83902 compatible, which almost all other SE/30 PDS cards use, and they generally are intercompatible driver wise (because it's effectively a DP83902 driver).

Thanks for the info on the driver. There is a hard drive in the system, but I haven't powered it up yet as I want to get the logic board recapped first before going any further. I have a BlueSCSI on order for it, so hoping to do a clone of the HDD if it works.

The board is in great condition, the surface mount caps have only just started to weep. I have cleaned them up with some isopropyl alcohol to stop any damage.

 

[Phipli]

I'm not finding anything with that name, other than a restaurant management app. Do you happen to have a link for that?

TattleTech - Macintosh Garden

TattleTech is a System Profiler, Tech Support tool, and Bug Reporter application. It was formerly called TattleTale.

macintoshgarden.org

 

[Fizzbinn]

Pretty sure that's a Sonic Systems Ethernet card, their ROMs are marked SSI (Sonic Systems Inc).

Drivers at the bottom of this page:

Mac Driver Museum: Network Card Drivers

 

[Deccman]

Ah brilliant, thanks Fizzbinn!