Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cunixd.cc.columbia.edu!srg From: srg@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu (Steven R Gerber) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: Ethernet boards for laptops? Keywords: Portable EtherNet Message-ID: <1990Jun30.034016.18310@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Date: 30 Jun 90 03:40:16 GMT References: <1990Jun25.220404.259@bellcore-2.bellcore.com> <1990Jun25.235218.14734@brutus.cs.uiuc.edu> Sender: news@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Daily News) Reply-To: srg@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu (Steven R Gerber) Distribution: na Organization: Columbia University Lines: 32 In article nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu writes: >In article <1990Jun25.235218.14734@brutus.cs.uiuc.edu> cattanac@clitus.cs.uiuc.edu (Scott Cattanach) writes: > > karn@envy.bellcore.com writes: > >So...can anybody suggest an PC Ethernet card that is a) physically > >small, b) consumes very low power, c) has software selectable transceiver > >connectors, and d) is supported by a Clarkson packet driver? > > I'm not sure how this may fit into your plans, but there are some network > connectors for PC's that plug into the parallel port. > >You mean the Xircom && clones? I'm not sure that they even *have* a >thickwire connector. Phil's tough nut is point c). The 3c503 is the >only Ethernet card that I am aware of that has a software selectable >transciever connector. As Phil stated in deleted text, the 3c503 doesn't >fit in his laptop. > >-- >--russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu]) Russ.Nelson@$315.268.6667 >In Communism's central planning, citizens are told "you will make widgets". >In Capitalism's advertising, citizens are told "you will buy widgets". I just got the Xircom fold-out from PC-Expo. It shows 7 models: 2 Token-Ring, 3 Ether-Net, and 2 ArcNet. The PE10BX is for THICK EtherNet. **************************************************************** * Steven R. Gerber - PAL (Programmer At Large) * srg@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu * Tel: 212-794-8721 * UUCP: ...rutgers!columbia!cunixd!srg * FAX: 212-794-8722 ****************************************************************