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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!csn!csn!arrayb!cwolff From: cwolff@intellistor.com (Clint Wolff) Subject: Re: 3Com and SMC Ethernet boards Message-ID: <1993Jun24.214523.2817@intellistor.com> Organization: Intellistor, Longmont, CO References: <1993Jun23.194650.20956@serval.net.wsu.edu> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 93 21:45:23 GMT Lines: 22 In article <1993Jun23.194650.20956@serval.net.wsu.edu> msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu (Mark Smith) writes: >I'm looking for 16 bit ethernet boards to put in my ISA bus PC that >will also work with current 386BSD drivers. I know that the 3C503 >works but is it a 16 bit card? How about the SMC cards? Which ones >of their 16 bit cards work? > >Mark Western Digital sold the rights to their line of ethernet controllers to SMC (standard microsystems)... As near as I have been able to determine, the cards are identical... The code does not seem to use the 16bit port or the 16K of memory (correct me if I'm wrong... You know you will)... but they work okay anyway... -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Clint Wolff Blonde and proud of it | | Fujitsu Computer Products of America - Intellistor Research and Development | | cwolff@slowboy.intellistor.com Ex-hacker... Now System Admininstrator | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SAVE BANDWIDTH... EMAIL YOUR RESPONSES TO THE PERSON WHO ASKED... | | DON'T POST ME-TO MESSAGES... EMAIL THE ORIGINAL POSTER FOR A SUMMARY | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+