MaD dUCK on Wed, 3 Jan 2001 06:27:43 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] Help Needed with Xircom Modem/NIC & Linux


also sprach gabriel rosenkoetter (on Wed, 03 Jan 2001 12:36:07AM -0500):
> On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 06:34:11PM +0100, MaD dUCK wrote:
> > dear gabriel, may the god of revelation come upon you with the thought
> > that a single NIC, even if made by the very good company xircom, can
> > be broken, apart from all other NICs ever produced.
> 
> Beyond a wonky specific card, I don't see what your point is.
> The ethernet chipset in all of the Xircom RealPort cards really is
> the same.

but my card can break whereas yours can continue to work. or my card
can contain some form of error when shipped whereas yours doesn't.

martin

[greetings from the heart of the sun]# echo madduck@!#:1:s@\@@@.net
-- 
never underestimate the power of human stupidity.


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