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- From: Frank@mindlink.bc.ca (Frank I. Reiter)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Subject: Re: Ethernet Cards -- Questions
- Message-ID: <14376@mindlink.bc.ca>
- Date: 18 Aug 92 16:09:22 GMT
- Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
- Distribution: world
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- > Larry Snyder writes:
- >
- > 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 use only the 16 bit (8013) versions so I can't comment on the speed
- difference, but from an installation point of view it is nice being able to
- jumper them to interrupt 10, 11, etc. in order to leave the lower numbered
- interrupts free for other things.
-
- Frank.
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