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Ethernet card

#1005
From: Russell Nelson
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 16:54
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In article <1992Dec18.014021.24510@fallst> tkevans@eplrx7.es.dupont.com writes:

   ccewch@nuscc.nus.sg (Wong Chee Heng) writes:
   
   >Can anyone suggest a brand of ethernet card with these features:

   >-have both Rj-45 and BNC connector, or with AUI connector
   >-auto-sense between these connectors
   >-Have NDIS drivers for DOS and OS/2 1.x and 2.0
   >-have 16-bit ISA and/or 32-bit EISA version
   >-reasonablly well perform, comparable to 3c503

   What's wrong with the 3c503?  It meets all your spec's
   above.  Well, it doesn't auto-sense which connector is
   connected, but it is software settable.  Yes, there is a
   BNC/Twisted Pair model, and it's a 16-bitter.

The 11.x 3c503 packet driver will auto-sense.

-russ <nelson@crynwr.com> What canst *thou* say?
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From: nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson)
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Subject: Ethernet card 
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