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From: hpeyerl@sidney (Herb Peyerl)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.bsd,comp.windows.x.i386unix
Subject: Re: SCO market share
Followup-To: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.bsd,comp.windows.x.i386unix
Date: 19 Dec 1993 13:57:28 GMT
Organization: NovAtel Communications Ltd.
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References: <2em4ds$n22@vanbc.wimsey.com> <2eom4c$t2h@vanbc.wimsey.com> <2eqqq0$mns@u.cc.utah.edu> <1993Dec17.031723.19536@kf8nh.wariat.org> <2errm1$b9l@vanbc.wimsey.com>
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Stuart Lynne (sl@vanbc.wimsey.com) wrote:
: In article <1993Dec17.031723.19536@kf8nh.wariat.org>,
: Brandon S. Allbery <bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org> wrote:
: >In article <2eqqq0$mns@u.cc.utah.edu>, terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) says:
: Today I ordered a new 3COM 3C579 EISA Ethernet controller. It doesn't come
: with SCO drivers, but if you check ftp.3com.com:/drivers; you'll find
: 5x9sco.exe which contains a 50 page documentation file for SCO install and
: custom installable disk image.
: Both of these boards are the manufacturers current state of the art design.
: Hot of the press (so to speak). Both are incompatible with previous versions
: to the extent of requiring new drivers. Both have SCO drivers available
: either with the board in the box at introduction (Adaptec) or via ftp
: shortly after introduction (3Com).
And NetBSD supports these cards too! While I was writing the driver; I had
reports of 3c5x9 performance under other OS's (NeXtStep, Univel, etc);
using 'ttcp', the reported throughput is anywhere from 420-600 KB/sec.
Simply atrocious as far as I'm concerned. The 3c509 driver under
NetBSD does 1010KB/sec using the ttcp benchmark between two NetBSD boxes
both with 3c509's. I believe the limiting factor is the media bottleneck
in this case.
Also; BSD/386 (BSDI) supports the 3c5x9 also.
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