Subject: Re: which ed? should be used for NE2000 clone (PCI)
To: None <port-i386@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Curt Sampson <cjs@portal.ca>
List: current-users
Date: 06/21/1997 10:02:22
On 21 Jun 1997, Matthias Scheler wrote:

> You should try to give it back. A NE2000 clone with PCI is a kind of a
> marketing gag. Try to get a DEC 21040 based card or a 3Com 3c905 which
> isn't that expensive any more.

I should note that at this time you'll get much better 100 mbps
performance from a 21164 card, if that's what you get, than the
905, which still uses PIO. If you're just using 10 mbps for the
moment, however, it's no big deal.

cjs

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