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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Path: sparky!uunet!nwnexus!Celestial.COM!bill
- From: bill@Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell)
- Subject: Re: 3COM 3C501 vs. 3C503
- Organization: Celestial Software, Mercer Island, WA
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 14:38:38 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.143838.5795@Celestial.COM>
- References: <ellis.713278900@nova> <exuptr.240.713408366@exu.ericsson.se>
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- In <exuptr.240.713408366@exu.ericsson.se> exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (Patrick Taylor) writes:
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- :In article <ellis.713278900@nova> ellis@nova.gmi.edu (Stew Ellis) writes:
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- :>What is the relationship between the two above-mentioned cards? I have SCO
- :>Xenix 2.3.3 with TCP/IP networking software that supports a 3COM 3C501 and a
- :>friend across the country has a 3C503 that he is willing to send me. Are
- :>the two cards similar enough that it is likely to work?
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- :No. 3C503 cards require unique drivers as they are quite different from
- :501's. On the other hand you can probably get a hold of a 3c503 driver for
- :SCO, as the 503 is a more popular and faster board.
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- The 3c503 cards are supported by SCO's standard TCP/IP drivers.
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- Bill
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