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Re: Intel EtherExpress PRO 10/100 adapter support?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David C Niemi)
Sat Jun 29 03:27:59 1996

Date: 	Fri, 28 Jun 1996 14:44:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: David C Niemi <niemi@wauug.erols.com>
To: jiivee@iki.fi
cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <9606280313.AA15124@rsphy6.anu.edu.au>

On Fri, 28 Jun 1996, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> [jiivee@iki.fi wrote:]
> > Will there ever be support for Intel EtherExpress PRO 10/100
> > adapters?
...
> > It is so cheap that I'd like to hear good news ;-)
> 
> I've heard mention of Danpex (DEC21040) based cards going for $70 US.

The Kingston KNE-40T (DEC Tulip 21041, PCI, VERY fast) is $65 around here. 
100 Mb versions of this are also quite reasonable.  Why bother with an
Intel card?  Is it *really* cheap?

David
Niemi@wauug.erols.com      703-810-5538     Reston, Virginia, USA
------    Money talks, but it is wrong half of the time.    -----



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