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- From: bad@flatlin.ka.sub.org (Christoph Badura)
- Subject: Re: Shared Memory or DMA ethercards for UNIX on a PC
- Organization: Guru Systems/Funware Department
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 23:00:06 GMT
- Message-ID: <C0GFw7.C7u@flatlin.ka.sub.org>
- References: <1993Jan6.201525.24636@nisc.psi.net>
- Keywords: Ethernet Adapters
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- 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).
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- Christoph Badura --- bad@flatlin.ka.sub.org
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