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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Path: sparky!uunet!dcatlas!joet
- From: joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott)
- Subject: Re: Which network card?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.151911.22477@dcatlas.dot.gov>
- Organization: U.S Dept. of Transportation
- References: <EBROWN.92Aug20140559@bud_light.kodak.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 15:19:11 GMT
- Lines: 24
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- ebrown@bud_light.kodak.com (Eric Brown) writes:
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- >I'm trying to buy a TCP/IP thin (BNC Coax) eternet card. For NT purposes,
- >I must choose between:
- > Etherlink II (8 bit) $179
- > Etherlink II / 16 (16 bit) $279
- > SMC/West.Dig. WD8013 (16 bit) $179
- > SMC/West.Dig. WD8003 (? bits) $???
-
- I have not used the Etherlink boards, but I will tell you why I use and like
- the WD boards.
- 1) I have found them generally reliable.
- 2) They are relatively inexpensive compared to other boards.
- 3) They include good diagnostic software.
- 4) They are now entirely software configurable. This means that the same
- IPX.COM will work on the board no matter which IRQ , I/O address, and
- RAM base address is being used by that particular board.
-
- For a workstation, an 8 bit card should suffice. I generally put 16 bit
- cards in servers.
-
- -JTT
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-