Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 23:52:03 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, mturpin@shadow.spel.com, toasty@home.dragondata.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network adapters: Technical issues Message-ID: <199812170752.XAA19274@root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 17 Dec 1998 00:44:32 MST." <4.1.19981217004147.066e2c30@mail.lariat.org>
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>At 11:29 PM 12/16/98 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > >>If I knew of any ISA 100Mbps adapters, don't you think I'd have >>mentioned them? If I say "I don't believe we do", then I damn well >>mean it! > >Really... you don't have to shout! It's just that the cost of an >upgrade would be significantly more than the $150 it would take >to replace the motherboard. There's also RAM.... Those systems >use older SIMMs. And a new motherboard is likely to be in the ATX >form factor; those 486es use the AT form factor. So between the >case and the RAM and the motherboard and the CPU and the keyboard >(yep, the old ones use AT, not PS/2, keyboards) we're almost talking >about throwing out the box. The Pro/100 ISA might be supported in the ex driver (...but maybe not). -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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