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Date:      Fri, 30 Aug 1996 00:02:40 -0700
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        "David E. Tweten" <tweten@frihet.com>
Cc:        "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.org>, brandon@tombstone.sunrem.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: 3COM network cards.. 
Message-ID:  <199608300702.AAA23282@root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 29 Aug 1996 19:43:04 PDT." <199608300243.TAA05081@ns.frihet.com> 

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>gpalmer@FreeBSD.org said:
>>I don't know of any (supported) EISA 100bT(X) ether cards for FreeBSD 
>
>Too bad, but thanks for helping.
>
>To be somewhat more specific than I was previouslyh, for anyone who might 
>be able to think of one, what I'm interested in is the identity of the EISA 
>burst mode bus mastering 10/100 Base T interface card that is best 
>supported among the contenders under FreeBSD.  I continue to hope that set 
>is not null.

   Unfortunately, it is null. I tried to get programming information for the
SMC card over a year ago and was unable to without an NDA. All of my machines
here are now ISA/PCI so I've lost interest in this, too. The EISA ethernet
cards have typically cost in the $500-$600 range, and since PCI ethernet cards
have been available cheap and programming information easy to get, it doesn't
make sense to write a driver for one.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project



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