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Subject: Re: packet driver for ne1000, ne2000?
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Date: 6 Aug 89 17:52:32 GMT
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the NE1000 card from novell is (was? are they still making/selling them?)
a NAt Semi evaluation card. nat semi made the cards to show off their 
DP8390 chip. they then decided to give the designs to anyone who wanted to
make the cards (and sell the chips). seems like a good idea. several other
comapnies have done basically the same thing: DLink DE-001, Tiara "8-bit"
(i dont know their part name/number). there is a company in Isreal that
built one into the motherboard of a workstation they built. there are more
people jumping on this bandwagon every day.

it has nothing to do with the 3c501 from 3com. 3com uses the same chip in
the 3c503, but it is in no way compatible with the NS eval board.

stev knowles
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