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From: dpl@cisunx.UUCP (David P. Lithgow)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: new 3Com 3C505 card
Keywords: 3C505, device driver, PCIP
Message-ID: <12996@cisunx.UUCP>
Date: 4 Oct 88 19:37:32 GMT
Expires: 1 Jan 89 05:00:00 GMT
Reply-To: dpl@cisunx.UUCP (David P. Lithgow)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Sys
Lines: 23

To all 3COM 3C501 users,

	I have a 3Com 3C505 PC bus-to-ethernet adapter, which is the
follow-on product to the venerable 3C501.  Nice things like PCIP,
NCSA Telnet, DECnet/DOS, PCNFS, and netwatch run on the 3C501, but nothing
for the 3C505 yet (is this still the case?).

	The 3C505 is supposed to be much better, with more buffering and
a higher throughput rating.

	Question: does anyone have any documentation on this new card which
would allow me to adapt PCIP or these other products for it?  3COM has
been inexplicably uncooperative..

	I need to have documentation which would allow the writing of a
driver for it, so device registers are really what I'm after.

							-David

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David P. Lithgow                Sr. Systems Analy./Pgmr., Univ. of Pittsburgh
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