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- From: daavid@bohra.cpg.oz.au (Daavid Turnbull)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
- Subject: Re: PhoneNet card and windows (PCs too)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep13.040703.7878@bohra.cpg.oz.au>
- Date: 13 Sep 92 04:07:03 GMT
- References: <daniel-110992103941@129.236.30.214>
- Organization: Computer Power Software
- Lines: 34
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- In article <daniel-110992103941@129.236.30.214> daniel@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu (Dan Quoidbach) writes:
- > We are currently using DOS 5.0 on a 286 compatible for our office work.
- > We are just about to upgrade the 286 to a 486DX-50MHz and also buy a
- > brand spanking new 486DX-50. The 286 is connected to our AppleTalk
- > network using Farallon's PhoneNet card and their PhoneNet Talk software.
- > I called them to see what changes would need to be made to use our
- > new machines and windows. They said that their card would not work in
- > a machine running at 33 MHz or higher. They said that we would have to
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sounds like salespersonspeak to
- me. If you have an "AT" bus... and it sounds like you do that bus will
- not be running at 50Mhz but somewhere under 8. (If it did run at 50Mhz then
- most of your cards would not work!) There is a 99% chance that there will
- be not difference, speed wise in how your card sees the system. As for
- the other 1% it is just as likely to improve things, not make them worse.
-
- > buy a Dayna DL2000 card, but that we could still use the PhoneNet Talk
- > software with windows. I called my computer support group in Texas and
- > they laughed at me. They said that they had been having no problems
- > running the card on 486-33's and that I should just stop worrying. Well,
- > I just can't beleive that Farallon would refer me to another company
- > for no good reason. Can anyone tell me what the truth is? Will our
- > PhoneNet card work on a 50MHz 486? I assume the PhoneNet Talk software
- > will work fine with Windows as there are drivers included, but any
- > advice on how to make this setup work would be appreciated. Thanks in
- > advance!
- >
- Hope this helps, daavid
-
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