From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 16 15:36:09 1995 Return-Path: hardware-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id PAA02933 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 16 Aug 1995 15:36:09 -0700 Received: from ibp.ibp.fr (ibp.ibp.fr [132.227.60.30]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id PAA02927 for ; Wed, 16 Aug 1995 15:36:07 -0700 Received: from blaise.ibp.fr (blaise.ibp.fr [132.227.60.1]) by ibp.ibp.fr (8.6.12/jtpda-5.0) with ESMTP id AAA22350 ; Thu, 17 Aug 1995 00:36:04 +0200 Received: from (roberto@localhost) by blaise.ibp.fr (8.6.12/jtpda-5.0) id AAA18059 ; Thu, 17 Aug 1995 00:36:03 +0200 From: roberto@blaise.ibp.fr (Ollivier Robert) Message-Id: <199508162236.AAA18059@blaise.ibp.fr> Subject: Re: SCSI controller questions??? To: rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com (Rodney W. Grimes) Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 00:36:03 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: craigh@msn.fullfeed.com, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199508160556.WAA18582@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> from "Rodney W. Grimes" at Aug 15, 95 10:56:59 pm X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT ctm#880 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 741 Sender: hardware-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > 3Com 3C501 Ethernet adapter (free from a friend) > > Free is a very nice price, but this is unsupported by FreeBSD :-(. It Nah, it is, read the FAQ :-) It is the "el" driver : /* 3COM Etherlink 3C501 device driver for FreeBSD */ /* Yeah, I know these cards suck, but you can also get them for free * really easily... */ > is an old old old DMA type ethernet card. Throw it in the garbage can > and go spend $45 on a decent NE2000/WD8013 clone card. I recomend the > Compex Freedom line run in NE2000 mode for minimal fuss on the ISA bus. I'd recommand the WD8013 over the NE2000 though. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- The daemon is FREE! -=- roberto@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT #5: Fri Jul 14 12:28:04 MET DST 1995