Re: ESDI vs AT bus ethernet card for Z-386

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From: Russ Nelson
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 1991 07:48

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In article <1991Feb11.215514.1768@yogi.fhhosp.ab.ca> henry@yogi.fhhosp.ab.ca writes:

   I have a Z386/20 that I want to put on an ethernet network.  Since it
   has both EISA and AT slots, I was wondering:

     1)  Does anyone make ethernet cards for EISA

Yes, MYLEX does.  I know nothing more about them than their existance.

     2)  Is it worth the extra money

Hard to say.  A good bit of your speed is lost transferring the packets
from the board's memory to the system memory.  So, if the board really
is a 32-bit board, AND your packet transfers are aligned on 32-bit
boundaries, you should see some speed increase.

--
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It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear -- Freeman Dyson
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