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- From: ellis@nova.gmi.edu (Stew Ellis)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Ethernet drivers
- Message-ID: <ellis.715119319@nova>
- Date: 29 Aug 92 20:15:19 GMT
- References: <1992Aug28.114807.7765@athena.mit.edu>
- Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Mr. News)
- Organization: GMI Engineering&Management Institute, Flint, MI
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- cmetz@thor.tjhsst.edu (Craig Metz) writes:
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- > I have to put in a good vote here - 3Com 3C503 (Etherlink II)
- >and 3Ccom 3C505B (Etherlink Plus) cards. There are numerous packet
- >drivers out there for DOS that use these cards, many of which you
- >can get source to, as well. And my school has close to a hundred
- >cards, all either a 3C505B or a 3C503 (many were donated by 3COM...
- >okay, well, 3COM was going to donate a lot, but they've only come
- >up with six. Anybody from 3Com out there? Your people here have
- >nixed a good PR opportunity...).
-
- > Seeing also as there are so many of these in use, I think
- >that somebody should write one. I'm not going to be like 90% of the
- >people on this group now and whine and argue that this is what people
- >should do (ie somebody ELSE should do), if nobody does start doing
- >one soon, then I'll step forward and do it. Just somebody definitely
- >needs to support these cards.
-
- > -Craig
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- I second the nomination of this card for Linux enet driver support. It and
- the WD|SMC 80x3 are usually the first two for other UNIX tcp/ip's
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