Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 11:22:57 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: ulf@Alameda.net Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD PCNet/FAST cards; suppliers? Message-ID: <199807261822.LAA11238@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 26 Jul 1998 11:15:21 PDT." <19980726111521.B21764@Alameda.net>
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> On Sun, Jul 26, 1998 at 10:11:14AM -0700, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > > >Howdy; a straightforward question: FreeBSD Test Labs is looking for a > > > >source for a PCI card or cards using the AMD PCNet and/or PCNet/FAST > > > >chips. (Am79c97x etc.) > > > > > > http://www.amd.com/products/npd/overview/19433f.pdf > > > > So nobody manufactures an adapter featuring the PC-Net FAST device? > > That's kinda depressing. 8( > > Hitachi used the AMD chip on their older notebooks. The newer Visionbook Pro > has a 10/100 onboard, which I wouldn't be surprised to be an AMD again. Yes, it is. However there is a slight price differential between a PCI card and a new notebook, and the goal here is to use donors' funds as effectively as possible. 8) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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