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32.Dd February 17, 1997
33.Dt ISA 4
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm isa
37.Nd introduction to machine-independent ISA bus support and drivers
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Pp
40Attachments are machine-dependent and depend on the bus topology and
41.Tn ISA
42bus interface of your system.
43See
44.Xr intro 4
45for your system for details.
46.Sh INTRODUCTION
47.Nx
48includes a machine-independent
49.Tn ISA
50bus subsystem and several machine-independent
51.Tn ISA
52device drivers.
53.Pp
54Your system may support additional
55.Tn ISA
56devices.
57Drivers for
58.Tn ISA
59device not listed here are machine-dependent.
60Consult your system's
61.Xr intro 4
62for additional information.
63.Sh SUPPORTED DEVICES
64.Nx
65includes machine-independent
66.Tn ISA
67drivers, sorted by device type and driver name:
68.Pp
69.Ss SCSI controllers
70.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
71.It aha
72Adaptec AHA-154x family (154xA, 154xB, 154xC, and 154xCF) and the
73BusLogic BT54x
74.Tn SCSI
75interfaces.
76.It aic
77Adaptec AIC-6260 and Adaptec AIC-6360 based
78.Tn SCSI
79interfaces, including
80the Adaptec 152x, SoundBlaster
81.Tn SCSI
82interfaces, and a variety of compatibles.
83.It bha
84BusLogic BT-445
85.Tn SCSI
86interfaces.
87.It dpt
88DPT SmartCache/SmartRAID III and IV SCSI interfaces.
89.It nca
90NCR-5380/NCR-53C400
91.It sea
92Seagate/Future Domain
93.Tn SCSI
94cards.
95ST01/02, Future Domain TMC-885, and Future Domain TMC-950.
96.It uha
97Ultrastor 14f
98.Tn SCSI
99interfaces.
100.It wds
101WD-7000 family of bus-mastering
102.Tn SCSI
103interfaces.
104.El
105.Ss Disk and tape controllers
106.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
107.It mcd
108Mitsumi CD-ROM drives.
109.It wdc
110Standard Western Digital type hard drive controllers: MFM, RLL, ESDI,
111and IDE/ATAPI.
112.It wt
113Wangtek and compatible QIC-02 and QIC-36 tape drives.
114.El
115.Pp
116.Ss Serial and parallel interfaces
117.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
118.It ast
119Multi-port serial communications card first made by AST.
120.It boca
121Boca BB100[48] and BB2016 multiplexing serial communications cards.
122.It cy
123Cyclades Cyclom-4Y, -8Y, and -16Y asynchronous serial communications cards.
124.It lpt
125Standard
126.Tn ISA
127parallel port interface.
128.It rtfps
129IBM RT four-port serial cards.
130.El
131.Pp
132.Ss Network interfaces
133.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
134.It ate
135Allied Telesis AT1700 series and RE2000 series.
136.It ec
1373Com Etherlink II (3c503)
138.Tn Ethernet
139interfaces.
140.It eg
1413Com Etherlink Plus (3c505)
142.Tn Ethernet
143interfaces.
144.It el
1453Com Etherlink (3c501)
146.Tn Ethernet
147interfaces.
148.It ep
1493Com Etherlink III (3c509)
150.Tn Ethernet
151interfaces.
152.It fmv
153Fujitsu FMV-181 and FMV-182 interfaces.
154.\".It hp
155.\" Broken driver for HP -relabelled
156.\" .Tn Ethernet
157.\" cards.
158.It ie
159Ethernet interfaces based on Intel 82586
160.Tn Ethernet
161chip,
162including AT&T Starlan-10, AT&T EN100, AT&T Starlan Fibre, and 3Com 3c507.
163.It iy
164Intel i82595-based
165.Tn Ethernet
166interfaces, including the EtherExpress Pro/10.
167.It lc
168DEC EtherWORKS III
169.Tn Ethernet
170interfaces (DE203, DE204, and DE205).
171.It le
172Ethernet interfaces based on the AMD LANCE chip,
173including BICC Isolan, Novell NE2100, Digital DEPCA, and PCnet-ISA.
174.It ne
175Novel NE2000 and compatible
176.Tn Ethernet
177interfaces.
178.It ntwoc
179SDL Communications Riscom/N2 synchronous serial interfaces.
180.It sm
181SMC91C9x-based
182.Tn Ethernet
183interfaces.
184.It tr
185TROPIC based token ring interfaces.
186.It we
187Western Digital/SMC 80x3, SMC Elite Ultra, and SMC EtherEZ
188.Tn Ethernet
189interfaces.
190.El
191.Ss Sound cards
192.Bl -tag -width speaker -offset indent
193.It aria
194Sierra's Aria based sound cards.
195.It cms
196Creative Music System.
197.It ess
198ESS Technology AudioDrive 1788-, 1888-, 1887-, and 888-based sound cards.
199.It gus
200Gravis Ultrasound sound cards.
201.It pas
202ProAudio Spectrum sound cards.
203.It pss
204Personal Sound System-compatible sound cards, including
205Cardinal Digital SoundPro 16 and Orchid Soundwave 32.
206.It sb
207Soundblaster, Soundblaster 16, and Soundblaster Pro sound cards.
208.It wss
209Windows Sound System-compatible sound cards based on the AD1848 and
210compatible chips.
211.El
212.Pp
213Note that some
214.Tn ISA
215devices also have newer
216.Tn ISA
217Plug-and-Play variants.
218These are listed in
219.Xr isapnp 4 .
220Some i386 platforms use
221.Xr pnpbios 4
222to attach
223.Tn ISA
224devices.
225.Sh SEE ALSO
226.Xr aha 4 ,
227.Xr aic 4 ,
228.Xr aria 4 ,
229.Xr ast 4 ,
230.Xr bha 4 ,
231.Xr cms 4 ,
232.Xr cy 4 ,
233.Xr dpt 4 ,
234.Xr ec 4 ,
235.Xr el 4 ,
236.Xr ep 4 ,
237.Xr ess 4 ,
238.Xr gus 4 ,
239.Xr ie 4 ,
240.Xr isapnp 4 ,
241.Xr iy 4 ,
242.Xr lc 4 ,
243.Xr le 4 ,
244.Xr lpt 4 ,
245.Xr mcd 4 ,
246.Xr nca 4 ,
247.Xr ne 4 ,
248.Xr pas 4 ,
249.Xr pnpbios 4 ,
250.Xr pss 4 ,
251.Xr rtfps 4 ,
252.Xr sb 4 ,
253.Xr sea 4 ,
254.Xr sm 4 ,
255.Xr uha 4 ,
256.Xr wd 4 ,
257.Xr wdc 4 ,
258.Xr wds 4 ,
259.Xr we 4 ,
260.Xr wss 4 ,
261.Xr wt 4
262.Sh HISTORY
263The machine-independent
264.Tn ISA
265subsystem appeared in
266.Nx 1.2 .
267