[Lancaster] any old PCI ethernet cards

[Richard Robinson]

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 03:05:49PM +0000, max* wrote:
> On Thursday 12 March 2009 14:59:53 Richard Robinson wrote:
> > >
> > > possibly a bit of a long shot, but I'm wondering if anyone has any PCI
> > > ethernet cards (100mb+) knocking around? The network at
> > > www.seedsforchange.org.uk (a non profit org supporting local groups) is
> > > still working on 10Mb (some with BNC connections!) and while it's been
> > > fine so far, some heavy progs like firefox need more to drag more data
> > > down the line than the poor old cards can deal with (we're using thin
> > > clients with old machines).
> >
> > I have an old Realtek 81390 you're welcome to if you like. It should be
> > 10/100, I think, I was doing ADSL with it till I got a new box last year
> > with one built in.
> 
> hey richard
> 
> this sounds good to me (if confusing, about three quarters of the cards are 
> rtl 8139!). when's a good time to come and pick it up? i'm away practically 
> all next week, but the week after is less stressy for me.

I originally got it from The Linux Emporium, it was the one he was selling
(c. 2002) as 'works fine with Linux'. mi (??? mitoo ?) driver, IIRC, fairly
standard & weirdness-free.

I'll be around pretty much any time until the end of the month, whenever
suits (apart from next Sat, when I'm playing a ceilidh in Garstang). I can
be found here at home afternoons & early evenings, later evenings either the
same or try the Golden Lion or the Yorkshire House.


-- 
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem