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From: wjolitz@soda.berkeley.edu (William F. Jolitz)
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Subject: Re: [386bsd/linux] LAN Adapter for Parallel Port:  Supported in Linux?
Date: 11 Feb 1993 19:08:21 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley, CS Undergraduate Association
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In article <GUMBY.93Feb5180916@tweedledumb.cygnus.com> gumby@tweedledumb.cygnus.com (D V Henkel-Wallace) writes:
>   I'd love to have a UNIX laptop, but the only way it makes sense for my
>   situation is to have an ethernet lan adapter stuck onto the notebook.

The TI notebook adapter is quite small (ne200 clone), but works very well.
The DX2/50 is very fast and very comfortable. I find it no problem, and
in-transit it fits nicely into a thin brief case.

You can diddle the enet drivers to work with these parallel devices
on other notebooks, but they are tricky. If you are not comfortable with
doing this, stick to a notebook with a conventional and well-supported
adapter (wd8000-type or ne2000-type).

Lynne.