>> I routinely pick up 10BASE-T NE2000 ISA cards for 1 or 2$ US. I imagine >> even new ISA cards are very affordable. > >Where could I get bootable 10BASE-T NE2000 ISA cards for under $5? Go to a swap meet or clearance sale and pick up some used NE2000 clones. Make sure they are either jumpered cards (and the jumpers are labelled) or they are a well known brand for which you can get info or a config program from the mfr's web site, e.g. Accton, Compex, Winbond. You may have to put up with a percentage of duds, so set up a test station. Best are those sales where companies get rid of superceded equipment. >Where can I get bootable PCI cards for $15 In Australia you can get the Skymaster 10/100, which uses the Macronix 98715A, a Tulip chip, for $25. That's $15 US. Add an EPROM and you're set. Pull BIOS EPROMs out of junked AT/386 motherboards, buy an eraser and programmer or befrend a lab engineer, and you're set. =========================================================================== This Mail was sent to netboot mailing list by: Ken Yap <ken@nlc.net.au> To get help about this list, send a mail with 'help' as the only string in it's body to majordomo@baghira.han.de. If you have problems with this list, send a mail to netboot-owner@baghira.han.de.
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