From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Dec 16 23:45:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA19020 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 23:45:02 -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 XAA19015 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 23:45:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id AAA08157; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 00:44:36 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.1.19981217004147.066e2c30@mail.lariat.org> X-Sender: brett@mail.lariat.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 00:44:32 -0700 To: Mike Smith From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Network adapters: Technical issues Cc: Mike Smith , dg@root.com, mturpin@shadow.spel.com, toasty@home.dragondata.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199812170729.XAA03887@dingo.cdrom.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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