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From: "Andrew V. Stesin" <stesin@elvisti.kiev.ua>
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Subject: NE2000 on PCI -- what this means?
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Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 21:46:24 +0200 (EET)
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Hello people,

I've just got a PCI Ether card instead of an old NE1000,
and found it to be NE2000-compatible.

What are the opinions: is PCI NE2000 any better than an ISA one
in terms of bus, interrupt and CPU load?

Will it be better to replace it with a DEC-based one?

Thanks!

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