OS/2 Warp, was Re: PCjr Telnet Server Test - Done!

Ethan> Back when NIC weren't $10 each, I remember the easiest to work Ethan> with (in terms of compatibility) were the NE2000 and clones Ethan> (NE1000 for 8-bit machines), the WD (later SMC) 8013, and the Ethan> 3C501, later displaced by the 3C509. ... Something to keep in mind is that the 3C501 is an extremely bad design. It is completely incapable of dealing with back to back packets -- even just two of them. And of course that's a perfectly normal situation in any plausible network. I remember working on DECnet when these toys came around, and the request came in to have a "go slow" feature in DECnet to support this single buffered design. The answer, of course, was "NFW". (Slowing down at the source wouldn't have helped because the network could easily cause clumping anyway...) paul