From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jul 9 08:51:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA01895 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 08:51:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mars.aros.net (mars.aros.net [207.173.16.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA01876 for ; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 08:51:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msanders@shell.aros.net) Received: from shell.aros.net (root@shell.aros.net [207.173.16.19]) by mars.aros.net (8.8.7/8.8.4) with ESMTP id JAA23182; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 09:50:43 -0600 (MDT) Received: from shell.aros.net (msanders@localhost.aros.net [127.0.0.1]) by shell.aros.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA18853; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 09:51:00 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199807091551.JAA18853@shell.aros.net> X-Attribution: msanders To: smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (Dag-Erling Coidan Sm rgrav) cc: sbabkin@dcn.att.com, mike@smith.net.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIC drivers In-reply-to: Your message of "09 Jul 1998 16:56:07 +0200." X-Mailer: MH 6.8.3 Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 09:51:00 -0600 From: "Michael K. Sanders" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message , Dag-Erling Coidan Sm rgr av writes: >sbabkin@dcn.att.com writes: >> > (160 kbps). Gimme an Intel EtherExpress. >> Sure, _now_, when you can get 100Mbps EtherExpress for >> the same money, nobody would buy 3c509. But a few years ago > -------------- >Half the money, if the reports I've heard of EtherExpress cards >retailing at $50 are reliable. You've always[1] been able to get EtherExpress 100 cards for $50-- you could get two 100B cards directly from Intel for $49 ea. through their "evaluation program"[2], and numerous mail order companies currently have the 100B and 100+ for < $50. 1: or at least for a very long time, now. 2: http://www.intel.com/network/ee100/eval/index.htm To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message