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From: Yoni Bar-Lavie <yonib@ladpc.gov.il>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Token Ring - Again !
Date: Sun, 01 Jun 1997 12:05:33 +0300
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Hi, there.
FreeBSD is emerging and evolving, but the most stable and unchanging
text in the RELNOTES is the line about the support for token-ring. this
line ends with 'any takers ?'.
Well i'd line to take on the effort of adding token ring functionality
to FreeBSD. in the past 3 month I tried twice to contact Madge co. and
to get drivers they have. so far they have ignored me and there can be 3
resons why:
a) they didn't get the mail
b) I don't know how to convey the issue 'in their language'
c) they don't care much for their customers (Municipality of Jerusalem
has 250 Madge cards).
I would like to try and write support for Token-Ring but I would have to
know:
a) Am I qualified for this
b) is it dangerous to my network
c) do I get help
Thanks
--
without C we'd probably be programming in PASAL and BASI
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