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From: timk@NCSA.UIUC.EDU (Tim Krauskopf)
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Subject: Re: 3c501/503 programming info...
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Date: 10 Jun 88 13:21:50 GMT
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As I understand it, the $1000 ($999 actually) is for the 3Com 3L programming
library of drivers for all of their boards - forms a common calling interface
which is also compatible with NETBIOS and 3+, etc.  Needless to say, I didn't
come up with the $1000 - if you get past the sales critters there ARE
marketing and engineering people at 3Com with the real Engineering reference
specs for the hardware that you might get a copy of.

I hope someone at 3Com is listening, because not everyone has $1000 to throw
at one company when there are so many good competitors out there....


Tim Krauskopf                timk@ncsa.uiuc.edu (ARPA)

National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) 
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign