Subj : Re: My new* 486 (*=old)
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : sPINOZa
Date : Sat Feb 18 2023 11:38:46

 pF>  sP> SCSI Adaptec 1542B
 pF>  sP> 3com etherlink III
 pF> I bought a ton of these cards in the '90s. I worked in a mostly Mac shop
 pF> and we had lots of SCSI peripherals (and all of our servers were SCSI)
 pF> so we used 1542s in our Windows PCs.
 pF> 3c509s just seemed cooler than the Intel EtherExpress 16s.  :)

The 1542B was donated to me by a friend in the late 90s, some years ago I bought a spare one but I cannot remember if it is also a 1542B because it has yellow components instead of red.

Were they called Workgroup servers?

Those 3c509s will survive mankind!

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