On September 5, jpero_at_sympatico.ca wrote:
> > > What Intel got from DEC was a FAB, and in some manner the StrongARM
> > > processor (I never have understood this one).
> > 
> >   And the Tulip chips, and the PCI bridges, and all the other cool DEC
> > chips that we've been using for years...
> 
> Boooooooo!!!  I love those tulip chipsets...low CPU use, 
> ultra-reliable and well-supported by linux.
> 
> Is there's ones still in production or what is another equally GOOD 
> one that replaces tulip based NICs?
  They BOUGHT it...BOUGHT != KILLED.  Now Tulip chips have Intel logos
on them.  At least I'm pretty sure I've seen some...it may have been a
nightmare or something. ;)
  -Dave
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Dave McGuire
Laurel, MD
Received on Wed Sep 05 2001 - 12:18:20 BST