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From: Stephen Hocking <sysseh@devetir.qld.gov.au>
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Subject: ATM card for PC's with API specs
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	Looks like an ATM card will be availabe & programmable - any takers?


>Archive-name: auto/linux.dev.atm/Information_about_FORE_ATM_Cards
>
>
>Note: This is somewhat commercial in nature.
>
>FORE Systems is interested in enabling/developing an ATM driver for Linux.
>
>For the unfamiliar, FORE Systems supports the widest range of
>platforms/busses (EISA, PCI relevant to the PCs for example) for ATM
>adapters for various standard physical media (OC3, Taxi, UTP).  Please see
>below for more information about the company and for contact information.
>
>Towards this end we are willing to make the ATM Adaptation Layer Interface
>(AALI) specification available to the public via various information
>servers (ftp for start and www etc.).
>
>200 series adapter cards have an i960 processor to do the SAR.  This is
>done by the firmware which is shipped with the software that goes with the
>adapter.  The firmware is normally downloaded during boot and is mostly
>transparent to the user.  For example, ESA-200PC adapter card would come
>with the right firmware to run on a PC.  The AALI is an interface to the
>firmware and will be needed for driver development if a 200 series adapter
>will be used.
>
>It would something like:
>
>
>		  IP   (say)
>		  |
>		Driver
>		  |
>		(AALI sits here)
>                  |
>		firmware
>		  |
>		200 series
>
>
>The AALI is available from:
>	
>ftp.fore.com:/pub/docs/
>
>	aali.readme
>	aali.ps
>
>
>-Pragnesh
>
>FORE Systems, Inc.
>	
>Company and Contact Information:
>
>FORE Systems is the worldwide leader in the design, development,
>manufacture, and sale of high performance local area networking products
>based on ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) technology.  FORE offers the most
>comprehensive ATM LAN product line available today including ForeRunner
>switches, adapter cards, LAN access products, and video adapters,
>ForeThought internetworking software, and ForeView network management
>software.  FORE has delivered ATM solutions to over 500 customers including
>Fortune 500 companies, telecommunications service providers, government
>agencies, research institutions, and universities.  FORE Systems'
>headquarters are located at 174 Thorn Hill Road, Warrendale, Pennsylvania
>15086.  
>
>email: info@fore.com
>Phone: (412) 772-6600
>Fax  : (412) 772-6500
>ftp.fore.com:/pub for browsing and some good stuff.
>
>