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I'm shopping around for a bus mastering ethernet card (10 Mbps),
for use in a ISA-based Linux box.

The reason I want the bus mastering feature is that this box is
already heavily used, so I'm looking for a card that can send
back-to-back packets  with low CPU overhead.

I also want the card with 10BaseT and 10Base2 interfaces.
Ideally, I'd prefer a 100 Mbits/s card, but ISA cards that do
this don't seem to be supported by Linux.

Judging by the ethernet HOWTO, the most suitable choice seems to
be the Allied Telesyn AT-1500BTPNP. The best price I can get
locally is $145-00. In the US, the best price I can get is US$67
plus US$57 for shipping.

Can anyone suggest a cheaper source for the AT-1500BTPNP, or
recommend a cheaper card with the same performance?

Thanks,

Alan Palmer (alan@sci-log.apana.org.au)