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From: wollman@sadye.emba.uvm.edu (Garrett Wollman)
Subject: Re: my bug list
Message-ID: <1993Mar29.144932.23840@uvm.edu>
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References: <C3zn9C.GDx@flatlin.ka.sub.org> <DERAADT.93Mar26160807@newt.fsa.ca> <1993Mar29.142429.12369@cm.cf.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1993 14:49:32 GMT
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In article <1993Mar29.142429.12369@cm.cf.ac.uk> paul@isl.cf.ac.uk (Paul) writes:
>Unlike the western digital cards there isn't
>even an id so you can see if it's actually an isolan. 

And then he writes:

>These cards have a
>sixteen byte area of rom which contains the ethernet address and two
>ports which are used to access the Lance registers. 

Ummm, you're contradicting yourself, Paul.  If it has an Ethernet
address on it, then it has an ID so you can see if it's actually an
<X>.  Every Ethernet/802.3 address ever assigned has 24 bits of vendor
ID in it.

-GAWollman

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