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From: narf@eidolon.speakeasy.org (FT14)
To: netboot@baghira.han.de
Subject: DEC 21140
Reply-to: narf@muppetlabs.com

newbie (to the list) alert...

I have a linux X terminal that I made from a 3c509 card, the etherboot
stuff, and an old clunker '486.  I'm using /initrd.  I put /dev, /etc,
/var, and /tmp on a 300K minix ramdisk.  My NFS partition is exported
read-only.  This setup _rules_, by the way.  Kudos to all. Works great
but I have the need for speed...

Any word out there on a boot EPROM for DEC 21140 (or other?) TULIP
chips?

<ken@nlc.net.au> said he'd write one if he got a card.

I saw a BayNetworks card at MicroCenter last week with that chip for
$29.95 (cheaper than 10 Mb ISA cards!). It had no socket but there
were pads and I can solder...

I will gladly mail one off in exchange for a driver...

I can burn my own EPROMS, but I am too busy to write a driver.

Or if there is another cheap 100 Mb card with a driver...

I am interested in booting MS Win 95 also (yuck), if anyone has any
sage advice...



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