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From: mjoshi@hpldsla.HP.COM
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: PC 802.3/Ethernet LAN cards
Message-ID: <2240001@hpldsla.HP.COM>
Date: 30 Mar 89 21:05:15 GMT
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Anyone has an idea about fast 802.3/Ethernet cards for IBM 
compatible backplanes for PCs? 

I know of Western Digital, 3-COM, Interlink(or was it Interlan?), 
Excelan, but have not really worked with them to be able to judge
correctly their potency.  Also has anyone evaluated the 
performance of cards in terms of speed, memory requirements, 
cost-effectiveness, data buffering, DMA cycle time and the like?

I plan to select the two best cards in the market right now 
to do finer comparisons.

Manoj Joshi.
Scientific Instruments Division, HP.
(415)857-7099.