>I got a tip from several people (thanks!) to run SOFTSET and enable 32 K
>iomem starting at 0xc0000, 0xc8000, 0xd0000 or 0xd8000. This made the
>card probe, but it also crashed the kernel (1.3 through 1.3H) badly. As
>in the screen going completely blank and the machine having to be hard
>reset.
>
>I quickly ran out of patience and bought a cheapo NE2000 clone instead
>which worked out of the box.


 yeah, the intel etherExpress 16 ISA is a real pain in the a$$ if ya know
what i mean.  im no tech expert and im new to the netbsd platform but i know
enough to say taht if you get that pig to probe and actually run, you got
something.  or maybe its just me  ;)

-Shawn.