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From: lotto@wjh12.harvard.edu (Jerry Lotto)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: Need TCP/IP support for 3C505 card
Keywords: TCP/IP, 3Com, 3C505
Message-ID: <313@wjh12.harvard.edu>
Date: 2 Oct 88 15:07:29 GMT
References: <157@amtfocus.UUCP> <383@polyof.UUCP>
Reply-To: lotto@wjh12.UUCP (Jerry Lotto)
Organization: Harvard Univ. Chem. Dept.
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In article <383@polyof.UUCP> john@polyof.UUCP ( John Buck ) writes:
>In article <157@amtfocus.UUCP>, irab@amtfocus.UUCP (Ira Brenner) writes:

>>                      Anyway, the real question is: are there any other 
>> software packages, possibly public domain, that will support the 3C505? 

>be much better!  We recently got a 3Com-523 (Micro-channel) card for
>our new PS2 system.  We had an AT with a 3C505, and upgraded.

upgraded?

>            I called FTP today, and they said that their latest product
>is "on hold".  She did not know "when it would be released for shipment."
>I find this very annoying, and hard to believe!  (How can they not
>know when a release is going to be ready?).

Try any number of problems, the printer didn't return the manuals on
time. Someone reported a bug that HAD to be fixed. An RFC was
released. etc... They do a pretty good job getting things out the
door, but they are a small company and cannot do many things in-house.

>plan on ordering it from them, however, be prepared to wait a loooooooooong
>time, as their shipment/release policies seem lacking.

I think that this posting was a knee-jerk reaction, extrapolating a single
data point! I have had nothing but good service from FTP. They are a damn
site smaller than the companies that they compete with, you can still
talk to the actual developers on the phone if you have to. It is a shame
that you had a bad experience, may I suggest (if you are in a rush to
get something working), that you call back and ask WHY things are on hold.
Perhaps you can get code sooner than you think.

>                                      FTP can be reached at: 617-868-4878

BTW, the 505 driver has been available for quite some time. This was the
original question. The fact that you were trying to get a 523 driver was
interesting, but had nothing to do with a response to the first posting.

Disclaimer -	These are my personal opinions, I do not represent Harvard
		in this posting. I do not hold stock in or work for FTP.
		I do know the crew over there pretty well, and have a lot
		of respect for what they can accomplish.
-- 
Gerald Lotto - Harvard Chemistry Dept.
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