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Subject: Re: Suggested ehternet chips/cards?
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> What about AMD?  The `Lance' (Am7990PC) chip has got good reputation,
> and has been used in many workstations, i think.  I'm not certain
> about the quality of their newer products (PCnet?).

I thought it was impossible to non-descructively probe for a LANCE
chipset because you have to poke it and see if it squirms to tell
one is there... if one isn't, you may poke the wrong thing.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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