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From: b-davis%cai@CS.UTAH.EDU (Brad Davis)
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Subject: Boot PROM for NI5210.
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Date: 17 Jun 88 20:01:55 GMT
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>There may be others (someone here thinks
>Novell can, too), but I think they're all based on private LAN packages.

Yes, Novell can, but the interface card needs to have a PROM socket
that conforms to IBM's definition for extending BIOS.  The Micom 5210
card has NO such socket.  The 3c501 does (it's called MEMORY on my
card).

Brad Davis