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- From: jrc@brainiac.mn.org (Jeffrey Comstock)
- Subject: Re: Need 3c501 driver
- Message-ID: <1993Jan9.002313.12543@brainiac.mn.org>
- Organization: Sewer of Source Code
- References: <726375686snx@crynwr.com> <michaelw.726417607@mcshh.hanse.de> <1993Jan7.174127.3075@super.org>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 00:23:13 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan7.174127.3075@super.org> becker@super.org (Donald J. Becker) writes:
- >The 3c501 is an ancient product with documentation that's no longer
- >being printed. It has a single packet buffer that is shared between
- >transmit and receive. By this I mean that when you have a packet it
- >cannot receive another packet. While you are offloading
- >that packet it cannot receive a packet. While you are loading a new
- >packet to transmit it cannot receive a packet. While you are waiting
- >to transmit it cannot receive a packet. While... well, you get the
- >idea -- you miss most packets. And I haven't even started describing
- >the bugs.
-
- I have used 3c501's for a long time, and yes they suck, but you are totally
- full of crap. They work fine for some applications. People are giving
- them away, and they beat the hell out of a SLIP line, which is what you
- would probably be running if you didn't have ether. Please just shut up.
-
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