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- From: larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
- Subject: Re: Ethernet Cards -- Questions
- Message-ID: <Bt6E06.3FD@gator.rn.com>
- Organization: The Gator Public Access Unix Site - 219-289-3745
- References: <18338@polstra.UUCP>
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 10:48:06 GMT
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- jdp@polstra.UUCP (John Polstra) writes:
-
- >I'm putting together some hardware that is going to run Esix Unix, and I
- >have some questions about Ethernet controllers. According to Esix, the
- >following cards (among others) are supported:
-
- > 3COM 3C503
- > 3COM 3C507
- > Western Digital / SMC 8003
- > Western Digital / SMC 8013
-
- >1. Which of the above are 16-bit cards?
-
- I would like to know if under Unix there is a noticable difference
- between a 8 and 16 bit card? Does the driver in the kernel actually
- do 16 bit data transfers from the buss (assuming a 16 bit board)?
-
- We have a WD 8003 8 bit board here -- and have used it with every
- OS we have used in the last 3 years -- since they all support it.
- I would guess the 8003 is pretty much a "standard"
-
- --
- Larry Snyder
- larry@gator.rn.com
-