Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 02:26:48 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: William Bulley <web@merit.edu> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: obtaining 3COM 3C589C PC-CARDs Message-ID: <199710150126.CAA07645@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 14 Oct 1997 10:43:46 EDT." <199710141443.KAA17350@ohm.merit.edu>
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> I have a laptop which is running older (2.1.5) FreeBSD and > for reasons I won't go into is not able to be upgraded to > a FreeBSD which understands the 3COM 3C589D PCMCIA card. > > So, question is: where does one obtain the older (considered > "obsolete" by 3COM -- I just called them) 3COM 3C589C PCMCIA > card? Do I just start calling vendors one-by-one from the > backs of PC magazines? Or is there a more intelligent way > to track down one of these puppies? I'll gladly swap a 3c589c for any of the PAO supported PCCARD network cards (see http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/PAO). My impression of their performance is somewhat lacking (~200k/sec on average). > Regards, > > web... > > -- > William Bulley, N8NXN Senior Systems Research Programmer > Merit Network, Inc. Email: web@merit.edu > 4251 Plymouth Road, Suite C Phone: (313) 764-9993 > Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105-2785 Fax: (313) 647-3185 > > [ What's all this fuss over the end of the century and mission critial ] > [ programs failing due to dates? If people simply started using Roman ] > [ Numerials, the problem goes away! MCM = 1900 MIM = 1999 MM = 2000 ] -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <bri@OpenBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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