Date: Tue, 10 Oct 95 08:51:26 CDT From: laufen@sol.med.ge.com (Derek Laufenberg x7-4534) To: ds9@xircom.com, CS@xircom.com Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: xircom cards - was: Re: Re[2]: Unix Drivers? FH/176695/COMP Message-ID: <9510101351.AA08558@merak.med.ge.com>
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Dear Sirs at Xircom,
No problem. I've returned your card to the store I purchased it
from. They gladly sold be one of your competitors cards. It was
less expensive so I thank you for the cost savings. :)
Derek Laufenberg
PS: I've CC'd this to a few of the Free OS mailing lists to warn others
interested in open systems about your products.
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> Derek,
>
> Tracking # 176695
>
> Unfortunately our drivers are proprietary but a software developers
> kit can be purchased through our Sales Department.
>
> Should you have any further questions, Please don't hesitate to
> contact us again.
>
> Please send all correspondences to CS@XIRCOM.COM, all others will be
> forwarded resulting in a longer reply time!
>
>
> Regards,
> Frank Henderson
> Xircom Technical Support
> CS@XIRCOM.COM
>
>
>
> ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
> Subject: Re: Unix Drivers? TN 176695 CoMp DLH
> Author: laufen@sol.med.ge.com (Derek Laufenberg x7-4534) at internet
> Date: 10/9/95 8:58 AM
>
>
> Dear Mr. Hentsch,
>
> OK, so no unix drivers exist. I'll write one - No big deal. Where can I
> get the CEM2's memory map and register layout. If this is proprietary info
> please say so. I can return this card and get one which is already supported
> by FreeBSD or Linux. I know the 3Com ether net card is supported because
> that is the driver code I'm using to build a driver for the CEM2 product.
>
> I've looked at your BBS and Faxline. There is no detailed technical
> information for this card (or any others) located there.
>
> Could you please forward this to someone in software engineering? It
> is most likely they will be able to help me. Sending me to "sales" will
> only result in you loosing a customer.
>
> Thankyou,
>
> Derek Laufenberg
>
>
>
> > Derek;
> >
> > To my knowledge there are no unix drivers available for the COMBO
> > cards. I know that the CE2 and PE3 have SCO drivers available for
> > them. To verify this contact Xircom Sales at 1-800-438-4526.
> >
> > If you have any questions or require further assistance reply to
> > cs@xircom.com and reference the Track Number listed on the subject
> > line above.
> >
> > Regards
> > David Hentsch
> > Xircom Technical Support
> > cs@xircom.com
> >
> >
> > ______________________________ Reply Separator
> ________________________________ _
> > Subject: Unix Drivers?
> > Author: laufen@sol.med.ge.com (Derek Laufenberg x7-4534) at internet
> > Date: 10/6/95 5:07 PM
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello Xircom Engineering,
> >
> > I just picked up one of your Credit Card II combo cards for use
> > on my laptop. After a bit of trouble with old drivers and
> > bad flash re-programming I got everything running with your
> > drivers under MSDOS/Windows.
> >
> > The laptop I use is a dual use machine which I run DOS and FREEBSD.
> > I'm looking for either technical specs on the card or a set of
> > driver source code I can port to the unix BSD environment.
> >
> > Can you help? I'd hate to waste a bunch of time reverse engineering
> > the interface software.
> >
> >
> > Thankyou,
> >
> > Derek Laufenberg
> > laufen@sol.med.ge.com
> >
> >
>
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