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From: bdodson@scms.utmb.edu (M. L. Dodson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Availability of *non* PnP ethernet card
Date: 2 Jul 1997 20:20:28 GMT
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In article <86radhdh44.fsf@king.ki.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de>,
Marko Schuetz <marko@king.ki.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> writes:
> bdodson@scms.utmb.edu (M. L. Dodson) writes:
>
>>
>> In article <86pvt3m6ml.fsf@kiste-5.ki.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de>,
>> Marko Schuetz <marko@kiste-5.ki.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> writes:
[deletia to satisfy stupid campus news posting machine]
>> Most of the cheap NE2000 clones come with a configuration disk. One
>> of the options is to turn off plug and pray and configure the card
>> manually.
>
> Use of the configuration disk will require I boot DOS. I do not have a
> DOS license and I consider booting DOS only to be able to us a product
> only as a last resort.
Then I guess you are out of luck. I know of no cheap (or other)
ethernet cards where the primary user base is other than DOS and its
kin. That's just a fact of life. I don't think Bill will sue you in
an international court if you boot your friend's DOS diskette and fix
your ethernet card. Look at it this way. Unless you assembled the
system from the individual parts, you have likely already paid for
at least a DOS license, if not a Windows (of some flavor) license.
>
> Marko
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