Subject: RE: Kingston AT/LANtic NIC
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: None <dribbling@thekeyboard.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/02/2000 21:31:05
Hello!

--- Ben Collver ---

  BC> I used an AT/LANtic based NIC (not Kingston) a few
    > years ago in a Linux box, it worked fine.  Donald
    > Becker wrote a soft config program for Linux...

Thanks for the information, I wonder if the config program
would compile under BSD.  I suppose I can always boot from a
DOS or Linux diskette when I'm first configuring the
machine.


--- Ernst du Toit ---

  EdT> I bought a few way back that came in a GVC branded
     > box, still have one running in my 486. I also have
     > one with OCTEK silkscreened on the board.
     >
     > Works well with the we driver and I have had it
     > running in ne emulation on occasion too.

Thanks for the observations.  It sounds like quite a common
circuit.  I'm guessing the "we driver" is closer to native
than the "ne emulation".

Regards,
  -Andy.


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