[Offtopic] Ethernet cards (Was Re: Toshiba SDM-1212: A good buy?)

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From: griffon... Chris Chiappa
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 00:00

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On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 06:07:26 -0400, Neil Fallon <nfa...@msn.com> wrote:
>The 3COM905B is a legasy ISA card and should be replaced.  3COM does not
Huh?  The 905B was the 4th generation of 3Com 10/100 PCI cards.  The 3c509
and 509B were/are the ISA cards and 3Com still sells (and supports) the 509B.

>networking I don't use 3COM cards.  I prefer NETGEAR cards for todays
>computers.  3COM were good in there day but there are better cards out
>there.  The NETGEAR cards are produced by Bay Networks.  I have 3COM905B
Netgear was good until they switched away from using the DEC Tulip chips to
using their own clones...they're now better than your rank-and-file NE2K
clones, but signifigantly slower/buggier than "genuine" Tulips.  If you want
a high quality card find one of the Kingstons that still uses the DEC Tulip
chip (I think they run about $45/ea at www.necx.com).

>you won't have problems.  After taking over 800 hours of class room on
Maybe you should go back to class?

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Subject: [Offtopic] Ethernet cards (Was Re: Toshiba SDM-1212: A good buy?)
Date: 1999/10/21
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