From: ellis@nova.gmi.edu (Stew Ellis) Subject: Re: Ethernet drivers Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 20:15:19 GMT
cmetz@thor.tjhsst.edu (Craig Metz) writes:
> I have to put in a good vote here - 3Com 3C503 (Etherlink II)
>and 3Ccom 3C505B (Etherlink Plus) cards. There are numerous packet
>drivers out there for DOS that use these cards, many of which you
>can get source to, as well. And my school has close to a hundred
>cards, all either a 3C505B or a 3C503 (many were donated by 3COM...
>okay, well, 3COM was going to donate a lot, but they've only come
>up with six. Anybody from 3Com out there? Your people here have
>nixed a good PR opportunity...).
> Seeing also as there are so many of these in use, I think
>that somebody should write one. I'm not going to be like 90% of the
>people on this group now and whine and argue that this is what people
>should do (ie somebody ELSE should do), if nobody does start doing
>one soon, then I'll step forward and do it. Just somebody definitely
>needs to support these cards.
> -Craig
I second the nomination of this card for Linux enet driver support. It and
the WD|SMC 80x3 are usually the first two for other UNIX tcp/ip's