From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Dec 18 15:48:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA21446 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 15:48:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA21434 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 15:48:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id QAA26522; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 16:48:13 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.1.19981218164319.06c11ab0@mail.lariat.org> X-Sender: brett@mail.lariat.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 16:47:46 -0700 To: spork From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Network adapters: Technical issues Cc: Mike Smith , hardware@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <4.1.19981217004147.066e2c30@mail.lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Well, I have to do upgrades for a LOT of machines, so if I can find a good solution it's worth the time. By the way, Egghead.com is blowing KTI RealTek-based cards out the door at auction for an average bid price of $12 before shipping. The only thing to watch out for: the RealTek driver appears to be subject to a DoS attack. I don't want to give details about this until the author has a chance to look at it. --Brett At 06:40 PM 12/18/98 -0500, spork wrote: >Seriously now, these old machines can turn into money holes real quick... >I fixed a friend's $25 garage sale special, but every time I went to try >and 'upgrade' something, the price was just ridiculous. I think you'll >find that the cost of oddball parts is rising. For example, try finding >an ISA video card with 1M or more of ram for less than $60... Meanwhile >you can get a PCI card for $30 and an AGP for $40. > >You'll run into the same trap sooner or later with your quest for 100Mb >ISA cards. We can still get an Asus P55TP4 mobo w/4 PCI slots for about >$60 and a Pentium 133 for about the same. It's AT form factor, takes an >AT keyboard, AT power supply, and still has ISA slots. You might find >yourself paying nearly the same price for your ISA card when you find it. >Factor in the time you spend on this as well... > >Good luck, > >Charles > >--- >Charles Sprickman >spork@super-g.com > >On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Brett Glass wrote: > >> At 11:29 PM 12/16/98 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: >> >> >If I knew of any ISA 100Mbps adapters, don't you think I'd have >> >mentioned them? If I say "I don't believe we do", then I damn well >> >mean it! >> >> Really... you don't have to shout! It's just that the cost of an >> upgrade would be significantly more than the $150 it would take >> to replace the motherboard. There's also RAM.... Those systems >> use older SIMMs. And a new motherboard is likely to be in the ATX >> form factor; those 486es use the AT form factor. So between the >> case and the RAM and the motherboard and the CPU and the keyboard >> (yep, the old ones use AT, not PS/2, keyboards) we're almost talking >> about throwing out the box. >> >> --Brett >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message >> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message