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A comment on Manawyrm/ISA8019 – RTL8019-based ISA network card, NE2000-compatible. Parent comment

Re:Manawyrm/ISA8019 – RTL8019-based ISA network card, NE2000... by tssva on Thursday December 03, 2020 @07:09PM (#25297303)
ISA network cards are actually readily available on eBay for about $20.
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Re:Manawyrm/ISA8019 – RTL8019-based ISA network card, NE2000... by kwhitefoot on Friday December 04, 2020 @04:15AM (#25300462)
I've been selling a lot of old ISA stuff to retro computing enthusiasts here in Norway, pretty much the only thing that doesn't sell seems to be network cards!
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Re:Manawyrm/ISA8019 – RTL8019-based ISA network card, NE2000... by tssva on Friday December 04, 2020 @02:46PM (#25306818)
Although not all, a great number of retro computing enthusiasts seem focused on home system configurations. For the most part home networking didn't become a thing until the PCI era.

I have a Zenith/Heathkit Z-160 luggable, an 8-bit ISA bus system, which I installed an 8-bit ISA network card in. 8-bit ISA network cards are much more difficult to find than 16-bit ISA network cards but still it was only $20 on ebay.

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