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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 15:45:17 +0200
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From: Michael Beckmann <beckmann@nacamar.net>
Subject: SMC Etherpower II issues
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I was told, but have not been able to verify, that new PCI Ethernet cards
from SMC
"SMC EtherPower II 10/100"
are no longer equipped with "Digital 21140" chips, but rather with EPIC/100
83c170 chips.

This has some implications on the usability with FreeBSD, I guess.

Michael