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Re: 3C503
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Hudson)
Fri Jan 20 14:20:20 1995
To: sdfranks@MIT.EDU
Cc: netbsd-help@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 20 Jan 1995 12:11:38 EST."
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Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 14:19:59 EST
From: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
> I am thinking about switching to the 3c503 card for the time being
> until the 3c509 card is stabilized. I see that it is supported, I
> just need to know if the 3c503 is a good card speed-wise and if it
> is worth trying it out. I am able to buy it for $50 (used
> slightly). Should I do this?
We use a 3c503 on quiche-lorraine (running Linux). While it's not the
speediest card around, we don't usually notice any particular slowness
from the ethernet card.
I don't have any experience with how well it works under NetBSD,
though.
