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Date:      13 Jul 1998 09:54:09 +0200
From:      smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav)
To:        Doug Russell <drussell@saturn-tech.com>
Cc:        Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav <smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com>, sbabkin@dcn.att.com, mike@smith.net.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   3c509 NICs suck (was: Re: NIC drivers)
Message-ID:  <rx43ec689um.fsf@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com>
In-Reply-To: Doug Russell's message of Fri, 10 Jul 1998 11:32:50 -0600 (MDT)
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.980710112917.22878A-100000@hobbes.saturn-tech.com>

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Doug Russell <drussell@saturn-tech.com> writes:
> They are definitely funky.  I have one (thank goodness it was given to me,
> I didn't buy it.  :) ) It usually sits on the shelf, but when I have tried
> to use it, it will do all kinds of strange things.  In some machines, the

Tell me about it... I have an old 3c509 Combo card that once in a
while (usually after you've taken it out of the machine and put it
back in) will decide to switch over from 10Base2 to 10BaseT, and it
doesn't even *have* a UTP connector... Did I ever rip out my hair over
*this* one (well, I would have, if my hair was long enough to get a
good grip)

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com

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