Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!hsdndev!dartvax!mars!nic!bbn.com!aoa!rich From: rich@aoa.UUCP (Rich Snow) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Worth of 3Com Ethernet card? Summary: gone daddy gone Keywords: 3COM ethernet card Message-ID: <1583@aoa.UUCP> Date: 30 May 91 19:37:40 GMT Expires: 30 Jun 91 04:00:00 GMT References: <15418.283fe866@zeus.unomaha.edu> Reply-To: rich@aoa.utc.com (Rich Snow) Distribution: comp Organization: Adaptive Optics Assoc., Cambridge, Mass. Lines: 23 nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu writes: >> >> A friend who is in need of cash offered me a shrinkwrapped 3Com Ethernet >> card, 3C501 (2608C on the card) is this a good deal (card and price)? >> >It's not a good deal, it's an okay deal. The 3c501 is the oldest >and slowest PC Ethernet card still on the market. The 3c501 was replaced a couple years ago by the 3c503 and since then the Etherlink series. I haven't seen a "new" one in some time. >But for $50, it >should suffice, especially on an Ethernet with only three machines... It's fine, expect ftp transfers to max around 150Kbps. I don't plan to upgrade those I have running around here... (ex. by attrition! :-) -Rich -- * Rich Snow AOA-----------------* * (617)864-0201 * rich@aoa.utc.com Disclaimer: Lack of Disclaimer. * aoa!rich@bbn.com