Re: Xircom, anyone remember these, and how awesome they were compared to the alternatives at the time?
https://www.google.com/search?q=xircom+realport&num=100&clie...
This was before laptops generally had a built in 100BaseTX port and RJ45 jack, there were a lot of PCMCIA type II cards with stupid dongles that were easy to break or lose. Once laptops generally started having two stacked type II slots (two type II slots = single type III slot), it was possible to put a real RJ45 jack in them. Some versions came with dialup modem also, if I remember right they were close to $250 new...