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Date:      Tue, 16 Dec 1997 12:57:22 +1030
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Johan Larsson <gozer@ludd.luth.se>
Cc:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Rob Nelson <rob@mag-net.com>, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: 3com 3c509 card 
Message-ID:  <199712160227.MAA00551@word.smith.net.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 16 Dec 1997 02:52:27 BST." <Pine.SUN.3.95.971216024548.198A-100000@father.ludd.luth.se> 

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> So my suggestion is that you _don't_ ship your computers with 3com cards,
> at least not the 509.

I'd have to ask why anyone would use a 3c509 when an NE2000 clone is 
cheaper, faster and better supported.

Alternatively, I'd have to wonder why anyone would contemplate shipping 
a hardware combination that they haven't tested extensively in-house 
first.

mike





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