From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Dec 17 16:03:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA08790 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 16:03:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cynix.ecn.purdue.edu (cynix.ecn.purdue.edu [128.46.108.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA08761 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 16:03:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from splite@purdue.edu) Received: (from splite@localhost) by cynix.ecn.purdue.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA11611; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 19:01:58 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19981217190158.A11500@cynix.ecn.purdue.edu> Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 19:01:58 -0500 From: splite To: Brett Glass Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network adapters: Technical issues References: <199807181830.LAA01184@implode.root.com> <4.1.19981216203941.063e26d0@mail.lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981216203941.063e26d0@mail.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Wed, Dec 16, 1998 at 09:16:14PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Dec 16, 1998 at 09:16:14PM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > > Also, we have two problematic 486-based clients. One is a 486 with an EISA > bus and another is a 486 with VLBus. EISA adapters about TRIPLE the going > price, and I haven't found any VLBus cards at all. (Does anyone know if > they exist?) Also, I'm aware that the practical throughput of 16-bit ISA is Only VLB Ethernet cards I've ever seen advertised can be had from: http://www.ahhz.com/ (look for "Boca Research VL Bus Ethernet", item code #31) That place is also constantly (for around a year now) hawking said cards on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=49472433 I've never bought from them or used those cards, but the copy claims that they're "NE 2100 and NE1500T compatible", so they may work with the ed(4) driver. But, the copy also says "Does not use DMA", so I don't know if the board would have any speed advantage over an ISA version. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message