[frgeek-michiana] Re: [jamind@attbi.com: Re: BOOT ROM's]

  • From: Tom Brown <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Gnu Improved Media <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2002 11:01:20 -0500

I vote for rtl8139. It seems to be the most common inexpensive pci 10/100
nic. I buy D-Link DF-530TX nics for $10 at Best Buy. They are rtl8139 and
have 28-pin sockets on them. 

Tom

At 10:24 AM 11/30/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Hey again,
>
> Jamin a NWILUGer has access to a ROM burner, he asked me what ROM's I
want, I suggested rtl8139 but if we had 2 or 3 common types,
>he should be able to burn us a few of each.  Are there any specific ROM's
you want?
>
>
>
>----- Forwarded message from Jamin Dunivan <jamind@xxxxxxxxx> -----
>
>From: "Jamin Dunivan" <jamind@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: "Gnu Improved Media" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: BOOT ROM's
>Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 00:18:33 -0600
>
>If you can tell me the card model too. Some of those are different from
>others.
>
>Thanks
>Jamin
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gnu Improved Media" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <jamind@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 11:42 PM
>Subject: Re: BOOT ROM's
>
>
>> Will do, probably rtl8139's I have about 5 or 6 of them, will double check
>pincount soon.
>>
>> Thanks
>> John
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 03:40:28AM +0000, jamind@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> > John
>> >
>> > Find out what NIC cards you are interested in getting boot roms for. I
>will
>> > place an order for some eproms and we can see if we can get it to work.
>> >
>> > Also let me know how many pins the sockets are. Most of the time they
>are 28
>> > but some are 32.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > Jamin
>> >
>> >
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