> To 'shovel' 10Mb ethernet across the ISA bus means moving a byte
> every 800ns.  I can't remember the exact figure, but a typical ISA
> bus cycle is around 600ns (some of the cards I've seen actually add
> wait states!).  So for an 8-bit card the data transfer takes 75% of
> your cpu time -

Shouldn't that be "75% of your bus bandwidth"?

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