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Date: 	Thu, 6 Apr 1995 17:18:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tom Samplonius <tom@haven.uniserve.com>
To: Aled Morris <aledm@relay-europe.ps.net>
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Subject: Re: best performance hardware
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On Thu, 6 Apr 1995, Aled Morris wrote:

> read on this list, they will take a lot of CPU to drive.  Do I need PCI 
> Ethernet boards, or will good ISA boards be enough (i.e. will I be able 
> to run at full Ethernet speed with a 3c509?)

  SMC Ultra 16's work well and can handle full ethernet speed.

Tom