From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jul 10 02:42:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA15174 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 10 Jul 1998 02:42:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (geos01.oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com [134.32.44.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA15169 for ; Fri, 10 Jul 1998 02:42:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com) Received: from sunw110.oslo.Geco-Prakla.slb.com (sunw110 [192.23.231.54]) by oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (8.8.8/8.6.9) with SMTP id LAA27615 ; Fri, 10 Jul 1998 11:41:14 +0200 (MET DST) Received: by sunw110.oslo.Geco-Prakla.slb.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id LAA28397; Fri, 10 Jul 1998 11:41:14 +0200 To: "Michael K. Sanders" Cc: sbabkin@dcn.att.com, mike@smith.net.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIC drivers References: <199807091551.JAA18853@shell.aros.net> Organization: Schlumberger Geco-Prakla X-Disclaimer: I speak only for myself. From: smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav) Date: 10 Jul 1998 11:41:13 +0200 In-Reply-To: "Michael K. Sanders"'s message of Thu, 09 Jul 1998 09:51:00 -0600 Message-ID: Lines: 21 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Michael K. Sanders" writes: > 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. Sounds good to me :) Last time I checked, retail prices for Etherlink III NICs in Norway were closer to $100 than $50. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message