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From: jbreeden@netcom.COM (John Breeden)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: broadband adapters
Message-ID: <1991May15.150259.20105@netcom.COM>
Date: 15 May 91 15:02:59 GMT
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In article <9105141837.aa00823@louie.udel.edu> DKAZEM@NAS.BITNET (Don Kazem) writes:
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>Our oldest network still uses those hideous cards.  Sytek
>which is now called Hughes manufactured them for IBM.
>Hughes has a TCP/IP product called PROLINC that runs on
>some of those cards but not on all versions. It only supports
>a model called IBM PC NET II (it has more memory than
>the regular PC NET cards). PC NET II is actually shorter than
>the regular cards.

And the PC NET II card (Sytek.HLS 6110) works with Hughes' NDIS MAC
driver for their 6120/30. That'll allow IPX via dis_pkt.dos (and all
the other 'stuff that'll run on a packet driver) along with Lan Man,
Vines PC/TCP etc.

BTW: Dis_pkt.dos is FTP's Packet driver to NDIS driver adapter.
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 John Robert Breeden, 
    jbreeden@netcom.com, apple!netcom!jbreeden, ATTMAIL:!jbreeden
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