*>> I'm just curious if anyone here has had any experience with using
*>RTL8019 chip?
*>> If I purchase this chip and mount it on my own pcb will the RTL8019
*>require any programming like a PIC, or is it a pre-programmed chip that I
*>can interface directly to a PIC with minimum effort?

The RTL8019 is a well known ethernet chip that is a NE2000 clone. It has
no memory on chip and uses programmed IO for communication afair. This
requires a zippy cpu and lots of programming to make it work.

Peter

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