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From: jerryw@cs.umd.edu (Jerry Wieber)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Any hope of finding a Driver for the 3COM 3C595 PCI?
Date: 8 Apr 1996 16:08:46 -0400
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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In article <31672777.3F54BC7E@progroup.com>,
Craig Shaver  <craig@progroup.com> wrote:
:J Wunsch wrote:
:> [the 3c59x cards] (looks like a gratuitous misunderstanding of the PCI 
:>architecture).
:> 
:> Get a DEC-21040 based card.  They are built by SMC (84<something>),
:> by Cogent, and i think also by some other vendors.
:
:I had a 590 in my machine for awhile.  I could not back port the vx driver;
:I think I* grabbed the wrong one or something.  Anyway, it sat in the box
:for awhile and caused problems with the serial ports.  Then I got the SMC
:ether ??? and config'd the de0, compiled and booted.  It works like a 
:champ.  Wanna buy a cheap 3c590?

Okay, great.  I'm buying the SMC 8432BT PCI card, based opon your 
recommendations.  Thanks!

-Jerry
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