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System Requirements, Kit Contents, and
Installation
This chapter describes the system requirements for using the EB140A–TX,
lists the contents of the EB140A–TX kit, and describes how to install the
evaluation board.
2.1 System Requirements
To use the EB140A–TX, you need the following:
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A PCI-based PC (with master mode operation allowed) that is compliant
with PCI local bus specification, revisions 2.0 and 2.1
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A PCI master mode expansion slot
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A 3.5-inch, 1.44MB diskette drive
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The following cables:
To operate at 10-Mb/s, a CAT3 (or higher) UTP 2-pair cable
To operate at 100-Mb/s, a CAT5 UTP 2-pair cable
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