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- From: fheitka@ibm.net (Frederick Heitkamp)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: POLL: Best Ethernet Cards?
- Date: 21 Mar 1996 12:15:21 GMT
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- In message <314ADB68.2E0F@earthlink.net> - Stace Cunningham <gatekeepr@earthlin
- k.net> writes:
- :>
- :>J. Norell Guttman wrote:
- :>> What in your opinion is the best ethernet card that can be used in an A3000T
- :>> that is *still* currently being produced and why? It will need to be
- :>> compatible with PC ethernet cards since I will be networking to PC machines
- :>> as well as Amigas.
- :>
- :>I don't know what the "best" card is BUT I use a Ariadne card in my
- :>3000T & I have it networked to my pentium 100...it has worked flawlessly
- :>for me & installation was a piece of cake (too bad it wasn't as easy on
- :>the clone)...
- :>
- I have a similar experience. I bought an Ariadne for my Amiga and a clone
- NE2000 for my PC. Basically plugged in the Ariadne and away it went. Had
- to muck with IRQ and I/O to get the clone to work. The Ariadne was about
- 10 times the price of the clone card though and they had plug n' pray
- cards for about the same price, although you need Windows 95 to use it.
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- Fred Heitkamp
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