Re: [570] Linux/FreeBSD support

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From: Jeremy D. Zawodny (jzawodn_at_wcnet.org)
Date: Mon May 03 1999 - 19:10:29 EDT

Jane Loyless <jloyless_at_netbox.com> writes:

> At 10:53 AM 4/28/99 +0100, Robin Stephenson wrote:
>
> > Ethernet
> > Heaven knows why laptops don't come with Ethernet these days
> >
>
> Maybe because there are still a number of large corporate customers
> out there like me whose shops are still heavily Token Ring and who
> point that out to the manufacturers every time the issue comes up.

I wish those same folks would tell Olicom to make some Linux drivers
for their PCMCIA Token Ring cards. I either need to move my new
notebook to Ethernet (and sacrifice some speed) or get an IBM card.

Jeremy 

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