Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 12:00:30 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, jfb@visi.com Subject: Re: New system for FreeBSD -- pls advise Message-ID: <XFMail.000707120030.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007061623410.24474-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us>
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On 06-Jul-00 Chris Dillon wrote: > On Thu, 6 Jul 2000 jfb@visi.com wrote: > >> Hello, all, >> >> I'm looking at getting a brand new box at home, and want to make sure >> that I don't end up with components that will preclude me from using >> my OS of choice. >> >> Currently, my hardware selections are as follows: >> >> 3Com 3c905b ethernet > > One word: yuck. Get an Intel EtherExpress PRO 10/100B. Why yuck? Both of these ethernet cards work quite well. > -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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