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To: William Bulley <web@merit.edu>
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Subject: Re: obtaining 3COM 3C589C PC-CARDs 
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From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
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> I have a laptop which is running older (2.1.5) FreeBSD and
> for reasons I won't go into is not able to be upgraded to
> a FreeBSD which understands the 3COM 3C589D PCMCIA card.

If you are using the 'zp' driver, the fix is just the adjustment of a 
single timeout value.

> So, question is: where does one obtain the older (considered
> "obsolete" by 3COM -- I just called them) 3COM 3C589C PCMCIA
> card?  Do I just start calling vendors one-by-one from the
> backs of PC magazines?  Or is there a more intelligent way
> to track down one of these puppies?

Chasing a secondhand vendor is one way to go; buy a 'D' and offer to 
swap it with someone here with a 'c' would be the other.

mike