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- Path: sparky!uunet!portal!ntmtv!harthc
- From: harthc@ntmtv.UUCP (Howard Hart)
- Subject: Re: Sparc 10's are 10BASE-T
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.211710.18256@ntmtv>
- Sender: harthc@ntmtv (Howard Hart)
- Nntp-Posting-Host: nmtvs249
- Organization: Northern Telecom Inc, Mountain View, CA
- References: <1992Nov19.003959.6608@news2.cis.umn.edu> <jstewart.722147880@cunews>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:17:10 GMT
- Lines: 29
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- In article <jstewart.722147880@cunews>, jstewart@alfred.carleton.ca (John Stewart) writes:
- |> In <1992Nov19.003959.6608@news2.cis.umn.edu> pete@lynx.spa.umn.edu (Pete Thurmes) writes:
- |>
- |> >A word of caution when ordering a Sparcstation 10:
- |>
- |> >Sun is now shipping the Sparc 10's, but when I received mine I found out
- |>
- |> I was overjoyed to see that the Sparc 10 has a 10Base-T port. We only
- |> provide 10Base-T connections to our campus ethernet so this actually
- |> saves us the cost of a 10Base-T transceiver.
- |>
- |> Sun should be congradulated for this far sighted decision.
-
- Congratulations are only in order when the vendor forewarns you. Sun
- didn't and as far as I know still doesn't tell any customers about
- the 10Base-T only connection (unless you specifically ask them).
- When you work for a mid-to-large size company, that equates to a 1
- month+ wait for additional adapter hardware P.O.s to go through
- (while the computer sits idle on a desktop). As far as I'm concerned,
- Sun blew it big time on this one. I like 10Base-T, I think it's a
- good move, but next time (Sun, are you listening?) it'd be nice to
- know enough ahead of time to order the extra hardware.
-
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