Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!iscuva!dough
From: dough@iscuva.ISCS.COM (Doug Hockin)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Token Ring (was: Re: Info on LANs)
Message-ID: <2267@iscuva.ISCS.COM>
Date: 8 Jan 89 02:50:28 GMT
Organization: ISC Systems Corporation, Spokane, WA
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In article <295@quick.COM> srg@quick.COM (Spencer Garrett) writes:

>Ahem.  The 8390 is a National part, and is indeed buggy.  The LANCE
>is an AMD part (Am7990), has a 16-bit DMA interface, and is about
>as bug-free as they come.

The newest revision of the National 8390 (Rev. C) is close to bug
free.  There are still problems with loopback, but normal operation
works fine.

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