Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 10:27:44 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: David Greenman <dg@root.com> Cc: sfmc@inx.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel Etherexpress Pro/100B ISA version Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970314102534.3361J-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199703140352.TAA00221@X2.root.com>
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On Thu, 13 Mar 1997, David Greenman wrote: > >Hi, I went through the FreeBSD handbook and found the PCI version > >of the above card supported. My question is, would this fxp0 driver > >work for the ISA version. If not, would there be a separate version > >for the ISA card? > > A Pro/100B for ISA? Really? That's the first I've heard of it, and it does > seem a bit silly to attempt to do 100Mbps ethernet over ISA (where it isn't > possible to get even half of 100Mbps). FYI, 3com sells a 100mb-capable ISA adapter. Surprised the heck out of me when I saw it, since I swore the same thing you did. (And I hope for anything that 3com doesn't get rid of the 3c509's, or we (UO ResNet) are in big trouble if a new version of win95 doesn't come out much after that.) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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