On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, Brendan Moran wrote:

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> > If I understand the requirement of this thread right, Dr. Edward
> > Cheungs project on a 16F877 based web server would be just right;
> > uses all non proprietary components available off the shelf. Only
> > issue might be the availibility of old ISA ethernet cards,
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> Is this the old "desolder a realtek ethernet driver" trick?

No, it's the "solder your PIC based project to an ISA bus card" trick.
Neat trick, but try to find a reliable, viable source of stable, identical
new ISA bus Ethernet cards.  Heh.  Works great for a one-off, yes, but
definitely not good for production.

Dale

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