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I dunno.. CompUSA or somesuch perhaps? (DUH! WAKE UP!) And processors
don't make an ounce of difference as to whether a nic will work.
However, your having an 8086, it is likely that you have an ISA
motherboard. Therefore, go buy an NE2000 ISA networking card, just like
everybody else. It's not like the golden fleece.. 

Alex Zoutsos wrote:
> 
> does any one know where i kan get a cheap NIC for an 8086? it must run with
> minix
> 
> Al (Alan Woodland)

-- 
-Nick
Fear is the path to the spoon side of the spork.
