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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit
- Path: sparky!uunet!nwnexus!Celestial.COM!bill
- From: bill@Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell)
- Subject: Re: Shared Memory or DMA ethercards for UNIX on a PC
- Organization: Celestial Software, Mercer Island, WA
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 23:23:41 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan10.232341.2538@Celestial.COM>
- References: <1993Jan6.201525.24636@nisc.psi.net> <C0GFw7.C7u@flatlin.ka.sub.org> <1993Jan7.142902.2235@cm.cf.ac.uk>
- Keywords: Ethernet Adapters
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- In article <C0GFw7.C7u@flatlin.ka.sub.org> bad@flatlin.ka.sub.org (Christoph Badura) writes:
- :In <1993Jan6.201525.24636@nisc.psi.net> adams@nisc.psi.net (Mark Adams) writes:
- :>I have a chance to purchase an ethernet adapter which supports
- :>10BaseT and 10Base2 for about $100. Two models are available,
- :>one uses 32k shared memory, the other DMA.
- :>For a multitasking system, which would be a wiser choice?
- :
- :The best choice would be a card that is supported with a driver by your
- :UNIX. That said, I know of no ethernet card driver for UNIX that does
- :DMA (if someone knows better please correct me).
-
- The Racal Interlan NI-6510 series cards support DMA. I have had
- excellent results using these with SCO Unix and in PCs running
- PC-Interface.
-
- Bill
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