Subj : VXL 30
To   : Joacim Melin
From : Ingo Juergensmann
Date : Mon Jan 01 2018 19:51:46

   Hello Joacim!

01 Jan 18 19:24, you wrote to me:

 IJ>> Well, I still have a spare Hydra NIC (AUI needed) that I want to
 IJ>> put on Ebay in the next weeks with some other cards (like A2088
 IJ>> bridge board). If you're interested in it, drop me a NM and we
 IJ>> can talk about the pricing...
 JM> Thanks but I will go for the X-Surf-100 when I can find the funds for

Ah. good decision! :)
For that one reason that I can try to sell it on Ebay for a high(er) price than
 I would have sold it to you, for the other reason that I believe you will get
more performance out of the X-Surf running in ZII mode than from the NE2000 via
 the ISA bus.

 JM> it. Turns out the GG2+ is not very stable in my system, probably
 JM> because of the VXL 30. I tried re-mapping the memory and doing all
 JM> sorts of stuff and I got it working but the entire system hangs after
 JM> a couple of seconds of trying to do network transfers.

I would have surprised anyway if that setup would have worked in a good way. :)

PS: I think I will order the USB module for the X-Surf in February... ;)

Ingo


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