GETNODE Version 3.01a


   GETNODE is a program that will  display the  node (station) address of a
ARCNET card.  GETNODE does not  rely on what  the I/O address of the ARCNET
card is.  GETNODE also does not  rely on what interrupt number  is used for
the ARCNET card.  What GETNODE does  require is the memory  address segment
setting of the ARCNET card being tested.  This program does not require any
network software being loaded onto the workstation and is therefore network
independent.

   Syntax:    GETNODE {address}

      where {address} is an optional parameter.  This parameter is  the HEX
memory address  segment to be used.  If you supply  this parameter, it must
be four  digits in length.  Some ARCNET documentation has the segment being
five digits in length.  The last digit  is actually the offset  within that
segment; therefore if you see D0000 (or D000:0), it is in fact segment D000
with an  offset of 0 into that segment.

   NOTE: If no memory  address segment is  supplied to GETNODE, the default
memory address segment setting of D000 will be used.

   Examples:

      GETNODE
      GETNODE E000

   Although it  was stated  above that  GETNODE does  not rely  on the  I/O
address of the ARCNET card, it can be used, if this  program cannot get the
node address.  If GETNODE  cannot get the node  address of the station, you
have the  option of  allowing GETNODE  to reset  the ARCNET  card and  then
attempt to get the node address.  

   The following, are ARCNET cards that GETNODE has been  used successfully
on:

    1. Aquila AQ-PCA 108/208/308
    2. Corman CorNet ARCNET card
    3. Puredata PDI507
    4. Puredata PDI516T
    5. Standard Microsystems Corporation PC130/PC130E/PC270E


History:

26/05/90 - Version 1.01
              - Original program release.
27/06/90 - Version 2.00
              - Modification to allow the user to supply the memory address
                segment of the ARCNET card in HEX.
15/09/90 - Version 2.01
              - Changed the  address segment  parameter from  5 digits to 4
                digits to avoid confusion. ie. D000 instead of D0000
23/10/90 - Version 2.02
              - Added display of node address in hexadecimal and in binary.
              - Cosmetic change of screen.
16/02/91 - Version 3.00
              - Allow the  option of  resetting the  ARCNET card.  The user
                is asked to supply the I/O address of the ARCNET card.
              - List of  ARCNET cards (in this file) that GETNODE  has been
                successfully used on.
12/03/91 - Version 3.01
              - Display the I/O address after the card (when applicable).
              - Cosmetic change of screen.
16/03/91 - Version 3.01a
              - Change to copyright notice.

                                          Dick Lee
                                          CIS: [72717,1603]
                                          IRB Network: Dick Lee@Sys@IRB_Ott

   Thanks go to Walt Thirion [70020,610], of the Thomas-Conrad Corporation,
for his help in explaining how I would go about getting the ARCNET address.
GETNODE was written using Turbo Pascal Version 5.5.

   Although this program  has been placed  into the  public domain, GETNODE
carries a copyright notice.  I reserve  all rights to this program; however
GETNODE may be used, and distributed, freely.  In other words, this program
is FREEWARE.