8 Jul
2003
8 Jul
'03
2:28 p.m.
?9? You're overpaying. I bought four Belkin refurbed cards for $3 each. I
use them in my old-ish machines, and are particularly nice as they have
drivers for just about every OS ever made. (OS/2, BeOS, JavaOS(!),
Solaris/X86)
As for their technical merits, I'm sure they suck real bad performance-wise,
but who cares when all I want is a fast way to get Syndicate Wars on my P-90
DR-DOS machine? :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Firestone" <nedry(a)mail.bedlambells.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 3:57 AM
Subject: Re: OT: Realtek; Was Re: Windoze crash (was Re: Well, I was at
Fry's in CA...)
Aww. They aren't the worst cheapo card I've
been forced to buy in my
career, as in they actually work, if slowly.
What do you want for ?9
Take Care,
mark
At 15:41 07/07/2003 +0100, you wrote:
>In message <200307062243.h66MhDCw045529(a)daemonweed.reanimators.org>
> Frank McConnell <fmc(a)reanimators.org> wrote:
>
> > Um, you have read the comments near the head of
> > /usr/src/sys/pci/if_rl.c, haven't you?
>Quote:
> The RealTek 8139 PCI NIC redefines the meaning of 'low end.' This is
> probably the worst PCI ethernet controller ever made, with the
possible
exception of
the FEAST chip made by SMC. The 8139 supports bus-master
DMA, but it has a terrible interface that nullifies any performance
gains that bus-master DMA usually offers.
Um.... Well, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to set fire to all the
Realtek-based NICs in the house... EVIL EVIL EVIL!!!
Later.
--
Phil.
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