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Date:      Thu, 17 Aug 1995 00:36:03 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      roberto@blaise.ibp.fr (Ollivier Robert)
To:        rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com (Rodney W. Grimes)
Cc:        craigh@msn.fullfeed.com, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SCSI controller questions???
Message-ID:  <199508162236.AAA18059@blaise.ibp.fr>
In-Reply-To: <199508160556.WAA18582@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> from "Rodney W. Grimes" at Aug 15, 95 10:56:59 pm

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> > 3Com 3C501 Ethernet adapter (free from a friend)
> 
> Free is a very nice price, but this is unsupported by FreeBSD :-(.  It

Nah, it is, read the FAQ :-) It is the "el" driver :

/* 3COM Etherlink 3C501 device driver for FreeBSD */
/* Yeah, I know these cards suck, but you can also get them for free
 * really easily...
 */

> is an old old old DMA type ethernet card.  Throw it in the garbage can
> and go spend $45 on a decent NE2000/WD8013 clone card.  I recomend the
> Compex Freedom line run in NE2000 mode for minimal fuss on the ISA bus.

I'd recommand the WD8013 over the NE2000 though.

-- 
Ollivier ROBERT     -=- The daemon is FREE! -=-     roberto@FreeBSD.ORG
      FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT #5: Fri Jul 14 12:28:04 MET DST 1995



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