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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Hardware: 3Com 10BaseT EISA 579 Network Card?
Date: 31 Oct 1995 00:10:15 +0100
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David H <dhawk@netcom.com> wrote:
>OK, getting ready to work on the networking and can't find the card.
>Is the 3Com 10BaseT EISA 579 Network card supported/usable?

I gave it a try on a machine before installing an (ick!) SCO on it.
It seems that FreeBSD somehow finds traces of the 3C579, but couldn't
make use of it.
-- 
cheers, J"org

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