Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 22:36:23 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: "Francisco Reyes" <freyes@inch.com> Cc: "FreeBSd Chat list" <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Ethernet card with TCP stack built in Message-ID: <199905100536.WAA53783@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 10 May 1999 01:22:22 EDT." <199905100533.BAA12635@arutam.inch.com>
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I am sure that the NIC got discontinued . Remember the product was developed back in 1987 more than 12 years ago. Best Regards > On Sun, 09 May 1999 22:26:24 -0700, Amancio Hasty wrote: > > >For historical notes, Touch Communicatios implemented an ISO stack on > >on a 3com programmable NIC around 1987 --- I was part of Touch > >Communications. > > Any ideas what happened to that NIC? > It is my impression that chips that offload functions from the CPU seem > to be gaining some momentum. Probably because of advances in technology > and reduced cost of manufacturing such chips. > -- Amancio Hasty hasty@star-gate.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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