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Date:      Wed, 6 Aug 1997 11:17:43 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "John T. Farmer" <jfarmer@sabre.goldsword.com>
To:        dennis@etinc.com, et-users@etinc.com
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, isp@FreeBSD.ORG, jfarmer@goldsword.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: VLB NE2000 cards - Cheap
Message-ID:  <199708061517.LAA20597@sabre.goldsword.com>

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On Tue, 05 Aug 1997 18:47:21 -0400 dennis said:
>
>Im dumping these so cheaply that I consider this a public service,
>so please dont flame me!
>
>We're only selling PCI  now, so Im looking to unload some
>NE2000 compatible VLB cards (about 20% faster than regular
>NE2000 cards) that work nicely with FreeBSD (they DONT work
>in Linux...I dont know nor care why). $10., 5 minimum...I have
>15 left.
>
>Oh..brand new of course, but the factory warranty is up as I've had
>them awhile.

Dennis,

Do these work ok under (shudder) Windoze?  I have some client WfW & W95
machines on a net that are Win machines.  (Netware?  I might donate one
to my church's Novel 3.12 server.)

Ok, they're faster than an ISA NE2000.  How does that compare to, say
the 3Com 509's?

Thanks
John

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