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Carroll Grigsby <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 3 Aug 2003 22:08:31 -0400
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On Thursday 31 July 2003 11:20 pm, you wrote:
> I have an old AT computer that has an open PCI slot. I would like to
> link it up to my active lan. However, most of the PCI ethernet cards I
> find do not indicate any support (or drivers) for the old Windows 3.11
> OS. Anyone know of any sources for PCI cards that support this old OS?
>
> Jean Bourvic


Jean:
Windows 3.11 did support networking. However, unlike later versions of
Windows, hardware support under Win 3.11 was actually provided by MS-DOS, so
you should look for cards that work under MS-DOS.

I am confused by your description of your computer as an "AT with a PCI slot".
Are you certain that it is a PCI slot and not an ISA slot? The ISA interface
dates back to the original IBM PC, whereas the PCI slot was introduced in
1992. Most motherboards provided a mix of ISA and PCI slots up until a few
years ago. More importantly, there were a great number of ISA network cards
produced, and I would expect that one of those would work quite well for you.

Regards,
Carroll Grigsby

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