[plug] Re: want to buy [cheap] network cards

David Buddrige dbuddrige at wasp.net.au
Mon Jan 10 13:24:18 WST 2005


It's a Pentium II 200 - so it *should* take PCI - I'll check when I get 
home. 8-) 


One of the other machines is ancient (486 DX); I'm not sure if it takes PCI 
or not... might be EISA (I think that's what the wider ones were called from 
memory?) 


thanks guys 

David. 

bwarff writes: 

> heh, fair enough, it has been a while since i bought one, was just pointing out that
> they where dirt cheap brand new. 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:08:15 +0800
> Cameron Patrick <cameron at patrick.wattle.id.au> wrote: 
> 
>> bwarff wrote: 
>> 
>> > 10 mb network cards are around $20 brand new (for simple ne2k clones). 
>> 
>> If your machines take PCI you can get 100mbit Realteks for $10 at various
>> places. 
>> 
>> Cameron 
>> 
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