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From: hjl@nynexst.com (H.J. Lu)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Any PCMCIA ethernet cards work with *BSD?
Date: 7 Mar 1994 03:39:30 GMT
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Dave Cottingham (dc@cobi.gsfc.nasa.gov) wrote:
: Does anyone out there run 386BSD/FreeBSD/NetBSD on a notebook computer
: with a PCMCIA ethernet interface?  (PCMCIA is the excessively long
: acronym for those little credit card-sized interface cards.)  If so,
: please tell me which make and model ethernet card you have, and which
: supported card it emulates.  I'd like to buy one, but before I do, I'd
: like to know it's going to work.

: Please reply directly to me via email.  I will forward a summary of
: what I get to the FAQ maintainer.

You can always put Linux on your notebook and boot it when you need
network :-). As far as I know, only Intel and Databook chips are
supported. I believe D-Link DE650 and IBM PCMCIA ethernet cards are
supported.


H.J.