> Incidentally, the original 3c509 is a terrible performer >(the 3c509b was better).
Really good history lesson, i must say ,here at argentina i don't have a lot of options to buy nics cards, so fxp and xl are the main options,also could be that i'm too lazy to search in deep for other options. If i don't remember bad the B at the 3C509-B is for "Buffered" , so it has a big buffer on the NIC which gives it a better performance and less IRQ request, that's why the incredible 2,5 x 2,5 cm Chip(the biggest i ever saw on a NIC ;)). -Pablo
