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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!newsgate.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.iij.ad.jp!tyo2.gate.nec!newssv1.ho.nec!newsserv.cl.nec!sbl.cl.nec!newsmasters@sbl.cl.nec.co.jp From: nao@sbl.cl.nec.co.jp (Naoki Hamada) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 3c590 requires low NFS r/wsize ? Date: 12 Sep 1996 11:00:59 +0900 Organization: NEC Corporation Lines: 28 Sender: nao@sirius.sbl.cl.nec.co.jp Distribution: world Message-ID: <up3f0o1oh0.fsf@sirius.sbl.cl.nec.co.jp> References: <510o34$9h@anorak.coverform.lan> NNTP-Posting-Host: sirius.sbl.cl.nec.co.jp In-reply-to: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk's message of 9 Sep 1996 10:30:12 +0100 X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.0.15 Brian Somers wrote: >Yeah, I know, but I suspect the I/O designs are pretty similar.... Though they do look very similar, there is slight difference which makes the situation miserably complex :-( >But hey, I don't know a great deal about the internals - the 3c589C >doesn't work properly, even the vendor supplied PCMCIA drivers don't >see the card (but I suppose that's because they don't understand >my PCMCIA controller).... only Windows95 has got it right so far :( My 3C589C pccard works very well with the new ep driver of our PAO package. >The 3c509, I've heard, suffers from the problems below - *but*, I've >heard other reports that there are no such problems..... either way, >I wouldn't buy 3com 'cos it's "risky". Right. >Thanks for your concern, but I know the answer (upgrade) - just bitchin' :) Things have more or less changed since your installation. After you upgrade your system, our discussion will be far more effective. Good luck. -nao