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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA6806 ; Fri, 15 Jan 93 10:35:54 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!gatech!rutgers!spcvxb!terry From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Difference between 3c501 & 3c503, drivers anyone? Message-ID: <1993Jan15.135427.4923@spcvxb.spc.edu> Date: 15 Jan 93 18:54:27 GMT References: <1j34rfINNbvm@girtab.usc.edu> <1993Jan14.093801.4907@spcvxb.spc.edu> <TRI.93Jan15023010@zelda.hut.fi> Organization: St. Peter's College, US Lines: 19 In article <TRI.93Jan15023010@zelda.hut.fi>, tri@niksula.hut.fi (Timo Rinne) writes: > I agree that 501 is not a ethernet board for serious UNIX work, but I > cannot understand that how it would be harmful to have driver for it > available. The fact is that there is thousands of 501s and they cost > practically nothing. If I had two machines home I'd like to connect > them through ethernet via 501s rather than serial line. I didn't say it would be harmful, I said that when the 501 was a current card that 3Com didn't want to give out programming info because they knew the card was lame, and now they tell you to get a 503 or later card instead. If anyone wants to figure out how to program the 501 and post the driver, fine, but even if you value your time cheaply, it's probably faster and less expensive to buy some 503's, or some cards that work with the existing driver set. Terry Kennedy Operations Manager, Academic Computing terry@spcvxa.bitnet St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA terry@spcvxa.spc.edu +1 201 915 9381