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From: kirchner@informatik.uni-kl.de (Reinhard Kirchner)
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Subject: Re: WD NIC Equivalents
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Date: 23 May 91 09:52:30 GMT
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From article <1991May21.191123.6406@mccc.edu>, by pjh@mccc.edu (Peter J. Holsberg):
> My college sent out bids for network stuff including specifying the
> 8-bit WD Ethernet Plus Coax Card.  Two bidders responded with alternatives:
> 	WD Ethernet Plus Elite
> 	Everex SpeedLink/PC
> 
> Are these both equivalent to the WD E'net Plus Coax?
> 
The WD Elite cards are the successors of the Plus cards. They are fully
equivalent, use eeprom instead of jumpers for configing. The drivers coming
with the Elite may be used with the old cards, but not vice versa.
( I do just this )

Reinhard Kirchner
Univ. Kaiserslautern, Germany
kirchner@uklirb.informatik.uni-kl.de