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From: ikeyan@airlab.cs.ritsumei.ac.jp (IKEMOTO Masahiro)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: [FreeBSD-1.1.5] Can I use 3c579?
Date: 30 Jul 1994 11:33:28 GMT
Organization: Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto/Shiga, Japan.
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Hello. I'm using FreeBSD-1.1.5.1. 

I intend to buy a network card.

Well.. My machine(Dell Omniplex) has EISA bus. So I'll buy 3c579.
3c579 is EISA version of 3c509, isn't it?

Can 3c579 be used on FreeBSD-1.1.5? Or.. 3c509 is safer than 3c579?

Thanks.
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> IKEMOTO Masahiro, Ogawa Laboratory,
> ComputerScience, Ritsumeikan University.
> e-mail:ikeyan@airlab.cs.ritsumei.ac.jp