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From: aboyd@qnx.com (Andrew Boyd)
Subject: Re: Excelan 82586-based ethernet card
Message-ID: <03c6mhk@qnx.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 94 13:45:48 GMT
Organization: QNX Software Systems
References: <1994Apr23.132033.3744@fasterix.frmug.fr.net> <1994Apr24.013323.3850@bnr.ca> <2pktrg$fvp@u.cc.utah.edu> <VIXIE.94Apr27142054@office.home.vix.com>
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In article <VIXIE.94Apr27142054@office.home.vix.com>, Paul A Vixie
<vixie@vix.com> wrote:
>A better bus-mastering DMA card these days is the TNIC-1500, which has a
>Lance-like "PCISA" chip on it ... the card costs ~$150 at last report.

whoah, check your prices again ... I was quoted US$36.00 for a
lance clone card (ne1500/2100), probably based on the amd 79c960

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