On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Peter Cordes wrote: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 12:18:25PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Peter Cordes wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 11:09:33AM +0200, Michel Lanners wrote: > > > > Most interesting is that it has an auto-MDIX feature, i.e. it can detect > > > > if RX and TX are inverted. > > > > > > Cool! Are there any PC card NICs that do that? > > > > Sure - it seems my TiBook does, at least a couple of weeks until someone > > reveals that that was bogus too, but instead it has a built-in > > coffeemachine ;-) > > > > Are the NICs in TiPbs cardbus or something? I assumed they were built in. > (I've got a cheapo 486 laptop, and I've never had my hands on a powerbook.) > I'm talking about being able to buy a NIC that does that, that I can use in > any random laptop with a PC card (aka pcmcia) slot.
Sorry, I didn't read your mail well. You are right, the NIC on my laptop is builtin, not a PC card. Did a search at google on "auto-MDIX pcmcia" with nothing but the TiBook and the chip showing up - good luck hunting :-) - Jonas -- Jonas Smedegaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.jones.dk/~jonas/ IT-guide dr. Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dr.jones.dk/ +45 40843136 Debian GNU/Linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.debian.org/ GnuPG(1024D/C02440B8): 9A98 C6EB C098 9ED0 3085 ECA9 9FB0 DB32 C024 40B8
