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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!news.dell.com!natinst.com!hrd769.brooks.af.mil!hrd769.brooks.af.mil!not-for-mail From: burgess@hrd769.brooks.af.mil (Dave Burgess) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: I got this terrific deal on two network cards... Date: 27 Sep 1993 16:27:12 -0500 Organization: Armstrong Laboratory, Brooks AFB, TX Lines: 20 Message-ID: <287lru$gfe@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> NNTP-Posting-Host: hrd769.brooks.af.mil I recently purchased two PC network cards for $10. Total. I thought it was a pretty good deal. They are marked with an IBM number (that has been mostly scraped off with a razor blade). They are also marked as Arcnet cards. I know that Arcnet and Ethernet are generally incompatible, but I was wondering if anyone has any idea if I could get any use out of these cards on my NetBSD box and my wife's PC. If anyone has any good ideas, I would be happy to listen to them. These cards also seem to have a personality module one them (orange plastic poured over a half dozen good sized components). Would it be theoretically possible to remove that and change these boards so that they will directly support an Ethernet connection? -- ------ TSgt Dave Burgess NCOIC AL/Management Information Systems Office Brooks AFB, TX