I have two 3com cards.
Both are etherlink 10/100.
Not sure if any benefits for either except bandwidth.
Would isa one work better in dos? I assume so. (thinking lan games)
Windows 98 no problem.
Use PCI.
ISA is too slow for 100 Mbps.
PCI NICs work fine in DOS, if only there's a good driver available.
Some packet drivers for PCI 3Com cards are known to be buggy, some work very well...
Getting a 3COM Fast Etherlink XL 10/100Mb TX (3C905-TX) Card to run in DOS?
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Thanks, in it will go. I will give it a try.
OT. I have a 10 mbps EISA card (3C592-C), which confuses me. Why does 10 mbps need a 32-bit interface?
Is this too much voodoo?
Errius wrote on 2022-06-30, 19:43:OT. I have a 10 mbps EISA card (3C592-C), which confuses me. Why does 10 mbps need a 32-bit interface?
Probably for the superior bus mastering offered by EISA not pure bandwidth
Errius wrote on 2022-06-30, 19:43:OT. I have a 10 mbps EISA card (3C592-C), which confuses me. Why does 10 mbps need a 32-bit interface?
Turn it around: putting a potential bandwidth-hog on a wider bus means less chance of contention for other ISA devices. Consider that the ISA bus in practice struggled to supply 2MBps, i.e. 16Mbps. Getting 10Mbps off that bus would matter.
Makes sense actually.
I have found the driver, I'll give it an install tomorrow.
