Subject: Re: network cards
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@dsg.stanford.edu>
From: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@CS.cmu.edu>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/11/1997 20:28:56
> If you only want 10Mbit and you have a reasonably fast machine, then
> either of the above will do.  If you want 100Mbit, I would recommend a
> 21164A-based interface, like the de500, or SMC equivalents, especially
> if you can get a newer stepping that can DMA to two-byte-aligned
> boundaries.

While i love the 21164A, it's much more useful as a CPU than a network
interface.  The 21140A, on the other hand...  8-)



cgd