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From: alan@curly.Viewlogic.COM (Alan Medsker)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: Western Digital Ethernet Cards
Keywords: ethernet, wd
Message-ID: <1991Feb8.152357@curly.Viewlogic.COM>
Date: 8 Feb 91 20:23:57 GMT
References: <37@eng.microplex.com>
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They're trimming the capacitance of the device to be exactly what they want.  3Com does
it, too, and probably others.  A lot cheaper than a trimmer cap.

Alan
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