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- From: anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
- Subject: Re: Zircom ethernet pocket adapters
- Date: 11 Dec 1992 19:24:29 GMT
- Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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- In article <of9uDiK00iw3MHC0V2@andrew.cmu.edu> David Yaron <yaron+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
- >1) How fast is the Zircom adapter compared to cards that plug into an AT
- >slot or compared to the ethernet adapter TI sells to plug into their
- >expansion port. (I would prefer to keep the expansion port available
- >for the as-yet unreleased expansion station.)
-
- That's Xircom. Parallel port devices have generally been slower than
- equivilent devices for the ISA bus.
-
- >3) I have access to FTP's TCP/IP software for the more common cards
- >(3com etc.) Is Zircom compatible with some popular standard?
-
- Yes, Xircom provides a packet driver. FTP originated the packet driver
- specification and they use it in their products.
-
- Note that the Xircom products are only one of many parallel port
- ethernet adapters. You can get a list of products via anonymous ftp as
- csd4.csd.uwm.edu:/pub/Laptop/parallel.devices.
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