Re: [Hampshire] Where to buy an old PCMCIA NIC?

john lewis wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 20:40:05 -0500 (EST)
> Andy Random <andy.random@???> wrote:
>
>> The key point is that the laptop is 6+ years old (and running
>> Windows 98... yes, yes I know:) and while he doesn't know exactly
>> what it will or won't support he's concerned that if he buys a
>> brand new card the laptop will refuse to talk to it.
>
> Hi Andy
>
> I expect something like my EtherLink III Lan PC Card (3C589C) would
> work. It has the disadvantage of needing a dongle, the connection of
> which to the card is a bit fragile, but it is pre-cardbus.
>
> Ebay might be the best chance of getting one of these.

I have an EtherLink III 3C589D-TP of perhaps 1997/1998 vintage, with
the dongle. 10BaseT. Sitting in draw doing nothing for 5+ years.
Appears to work. Gets an IP via NetworkManager, I can ping. I do *not*
have Windows media for it.

[62999.096027] pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0
[62999.096193] pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0
[62999.138709] eth2: 3Com 3c589, io 0x300, irq 58, hw_addr
00:60:08:95:86:D9
[62999.138727] 8K FIFO split 5:3 Rx:Tx, auto xcvr
[63010.523938] eth4: flipped to 10baseT

Your friend can have it for a small donation (£5?) to a charity of
their choice. Please contact me off list if interested.

-jonathan