Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 01:33:15 -0500 From: Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Are the ethernet drivers time dependent? Message-ID: <37C782AB.B15C09F0@airnet.net> References: <XFMail.990828125406.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > On 28-Aug-99 Kris Kirby wrote: > > It's not a bandwidth issue; it's a speed issue. I'm trying to find an > > extremely cheap way to get data in and out of a PC. I've got the > > National Semiconductor application sheets for the 8392(?) and plan on > > using one "cut in half": Half duplex, but split into seperate TX and RX > > lines. I'm also looking at a scaleable way to go up or down in speed, > > without dealing with async... A layer two device if you will. > > RS232? RS485? VERY cheap and the later is at least moderatly resistant to noise > :) Noise shouldn't be an issue. It's going to be handling "clean" data. By cheap, I mean $5 a pop or so. I've got a few 3C503s that I feel like cutting into. I'm going to be bearing the financial end of this project of mine, so I'm going to save where I can. :-) -- Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net> ------------------------------------------- TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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