From: "Angela M1SCH/PE1BIV" 

> line but all other cards need drivers so smartco throws those other cards
> out whenever those come in.  Looks like finding a couple realtech 8139
> cards is going to get a little more complex than I had originally figured.
I'm pretty sure that all Windooze from W2000 and later also have the Realtek
chips series cards standard available and these are certainly one of the
best around; better that the 3Com cards which are indeed most common known.
I still use the 10Mbps ISA cards from 3Com (3C509x), but for PCI
(10/100Mbps) it's all Realtek chip cards I'm using.

Certainly for all older 3Com cards, like the 3C509 and the 3C905, there is a
Packet Driver available from 3Com. Just like for the Realtek cards.
I use both in the various DR-DOS systems with JNOS.
I have also used other cards, for which at the moment I don't have a clue
anymore which chips were used and I definitely know the driver of one card
didn't work with another. I guess there will still be running one or more of
those older cards.


Angela




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