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From: nsayer@quack.kfu.com (Nick Sayer)
Subject: Re: Warning!Defective early revision adapter!(3C590)
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Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 20:55:15 UTC
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Cat got your tongue?

Buy a newer one. Better yet, buy a 3C900.

The fellow who I wrote about in the 3C900 support PR actually saw
some hangs with high network traffic on the "early revision adapter"
that didn't happen with a 3C900 with the _exact same_ driver, except
for adding one extra if statement to the match routine to correctly
identify the 3C900.

So clearly there is _some_ meaning to the warning.

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