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emBoot to Offer Supply, Development and Support for 3Com Managed PC Boot Agent BootROMs

3Com's Managed PC Boot Agent BootROMs can now be purchased directly from emBoot. 3Com Corporation has announced that effective December 16, 2002, they will no longer accept orders for these products. Personnel at emBoot include original members of the management, development, quality assurance and production team behind 3Com's Managed PC Boot Agent. emBoot Inc. develops and supplies Managed PC Boot Agent bootROMs, PXE bootROMs and customized network boot technology, providing these services to end users, tier-one network vendors and embedded solutions providers across the globe.

Purchase orders for bootROMs for supported 3Com NICs can be faxed directly to emBoot at 905.629.0650, or on-line. Please quote the 3Com or relevant emBoot part number using the matrix below.

3Com Part #
emBoot Part #
Supported Adapters
3CMBA-D e-90109 3C900, 3C905,3C905B, 3C980x
3C90X-MBA-C e-90109 3C900 Family, 3C905B-TX-NM, 3C905-TX, TX-W, T4
3C90X-MBA-C e-90109 3C905CX-TX-NM
3C90X-MBA3.1 e-90109 3C900 Family; 3C905B-TX-NM; 3C905-TX, TX-W, T4
3C905-TX-MBA e-90109 3C905-TX, TX-W, T4

In addition to providing a replacement for these products, emBoot is able to provide legacy ROMs as well:

3Com Part #
emBoot Part #
Supported Adapters
3C359B-MBA e-90114 3C359B TokenLink Velocity XL PCI, Bus Master PCI adapters
3C5-TRIROM e-70042 EtherLink III Parallel Tasking adapters: ISA 3C509, 3C509B (not 3C509B-TPO), Micro Channel 3C529, EISA 3C579
3C515-TRIROM e-70101 Fast EtherLink ISA 3C515-TX
3C590-TRIROM e-70061 EtherLink III Parallel Tasking Bus Master PCI 10 and 10/100 adapters: 3C590, 3C595-TX, 3C595-T4

For more information, please contact emBoot Inc.:

email: info@emboot.com
TEL: 905.629.0200
FAX: 905.629.0650

For any inquiries regarding 3Com's MBA BootROMs, please contact:

Kathryn Elliott
Product Manager
3Com