[SpamCop-Geeks] Re: How to network MS-DOS machines?

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"Baloo Ursidae" <baloo at ursine.ca> wrote in message
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| The Thu, 19 Jun 2003 10:26:22 -0500, WTIX 690 Radio
<joejobber at wtix690.com> wrote:
| > Depends on how much of the 'card' works in a real dos mode, some network
| > cards run on a winmodem configuration.
|
| Actually, there's no software NICs as far as I know, since Linux likes
| real hardware and not emulated crap win-hardware.  Linux supports

Me neither, but then there might be cards which in straight up NIC will run
10, but under window will run 100. I had a machine here which, if you
watched the switch port lights, when booting, will light the activity light,
and the 100 light comes on once it's in windows. (Machine gone now, never
did think about inspecting it's innards, besides, twasn't mine to look at.)