Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 13:31:32 +0930 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Andrew Gordon <arg@arg1.demon.co.uk> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Replacement dongle for 3C589? Message-ID: <199709260401.NAA00651@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 25 Sep 1997 23:54:50 %2B0100." <Pine.BSF.3.91.970925234525.5204A-100000@server.arg.sj.co.uk>
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> On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Mike Smith wrote: > > > >Having just recovered my laptop after having had it stolen, I need to > > > >replace the dongle off the 3C589. I seem to recall stories about how > > > >hard this is - what experiences have people had with this? > > > >Anyone have a spare? 8) > > I have a spare RJ45 cable for a 3C589A/B (having mis-typed the product > code when attempting to order one for my 3C589_C_). You are welcome > to it if it happens to be what you wanted. Hmm, I hadn't realised that there was a difference; oops. I'm actually in need of one for a D. Begging the question "what are the differences between the two"? > The RJ45 ones (both flavours) are quite cheap; the BNC ones are about > 4 times the price (GBP 13 / GBP 48). By BNC you mean just BNC, or UTP/BNC combo? It sounds like these are very different from the combo pod on a C/D. > > NewMedia $159 (BNC, TP) > > Hypertec $149 (BNC, TP) > > D-Link $138 (TP) > > Alloy $139 (BNC, TP) > > Eagle $119 (TP) > > Socket $119 (TP) > > Topware $139 (BNC) > > Are you sure all of these are NE2000 compatible? By no means. All I have are names, numbers and media details. Many of the above are secondhand. I really need one with both BNC and TP, so it sounds like I'll need to look at the Alloy and Hypertec cards. > I have a NewMedia > "livewire" card, which has AMD 79C940 chipset (having read the datasheet > and discovered that it's completely different to the 79C960, I have > given up on this one). I also have an Eagle NE200 - despite its > seductively similar partnumber, this is _not_ NE2000 compatible. Ok, scratch those two. 8) > > (I haven't called 3Com, if indeed they have an Australian spares agent.) > > The cables are available ex-stock from ordinary retail suppliers over here. That's promising, but by no means indicative. 8) I only got this thing back because of the poor state of the spare-parts industry over here... mike
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