Subject: Re: Recommendations for a new large (?) Intel server using V1.3.2
To: 'netbsd-users@netbsd.org' <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Frank van der Linden <frank@wins.uva.nl>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 10/29/1998 15:25:20
On Thu, Oct 29, 1998 at 12:22:38AM -0500, Scott Burns wrote:
> 96 MB RAM (is this enough ?)

It should do, but there's no need to hold back on memory. Throw in 128M
at least, memory is cheap.

[...]

> NIC Card - Under 3COM PCI Based cards I see: 590, 595, 900, 905 (Not 905b) 
> cards work
> 
> I only see 905B on 3COM's WEB pages. What is still orderable from 3COM for 
> PCI based cards for 10 or 10/100 Twisted Pair what work well with NetBSD ?
> 

The 905B driver has been backported to 1.3.2 (and it's not even in
-current yet ;-)), so if you can't find anything else, you can
use that one. Maybe I'll ask for it to be pulled up into the 1.3 branch,
it's a popular item.

- Frank