From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jul 9 09:43:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA09714 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 09:43:29 -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 JAA09699 for ; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 09:43:24 -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 KAA00299; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 10:43:01 -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 KAA00749; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 10:43:18 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199807091643.KAA00749@shell.aros.net> X-Attribution: msanders To: Joel Ray Holveck cc: msanders@aros.net, smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com, sbabkin@dcn.att.com, mike@smith.net.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIC drivers In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 09 Jul 1998 11:35:57 CDT." <199807091635.LAA04767@detlev.UUCP> X-Mailer: MH 6.8.3 Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 10:43:17 -0600 From: "Michael K. Sanders" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <199807091635.LAA04767@detlev.UUCP>, Joel Ray Holveck writes: > >Evidently we've got different definitions of 'very long time'. The >reason I have a 509 is because I built the system in '93, and I am >*quite* certain there were no 100Mbit cards for < $50... even any that >fell off the back of a lorry. You have a good point. I should have stated 'for nearly as long as the EtherExpress 100 cards have been in existance, you've been able to get them for $50'. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message