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Subject: Re: What PCMCIA ethernet card supported/recommended?
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> At this point in time, installing with a PCCARD ethernet card is 
> problematic, however once you have you system up and going, the above is
> a perfectly workable solution.

True.  However, the PAO boot floppy might work well if it's all you
have.

> Avoid 'combo' modem/ether cards; they're not supported (and would be a 
> royal pain in the rear to support, in fact).

Actually, I've been looking at the code recently, and most of the code
is already sutup to have multiple-drivers/card, so it's less hard than I
originally thought.

However, the entire interrupt mechanism needs some serious work.



Nate