From: jrc@brainiac.mn.org (Jeffrey Comstock) Subject: Re: Need 3c501 driver Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 00:23:13 GMT
In article <1993Jan7.174127.3075@super.org> becker@super.org (Donald J. Becker) writes:
>The 3c501 is an ancient product with documentation that's no longer
>being printed. It has a single packet buffer that is shared between
>transmit and receive. By this I mean that when you have a packet it
>cannot receive another packet. While you are offloading
>that packet it cannot receive a packet. While you are loading a new
>packet to transmit it cannot receive a packet. While you are waiting
>to transmit it cannot receive a packet. While... well, you get the
>idea -- you miss most packets. And I haven't even started describing
>the bugs.
I have used 3c501's for a long time, and yes they suck, but you are totally
full of crap. They work fine for some applications. People are giving
them away, and they beat the hell out of a SLIP line, which is what you
would probably be running if you didn't have ether. Please just shut up.
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