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- From: brossard@siisun.epfl.ch (Alain Brossard EPFL-SIC/SII)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
- Subject: Re: Sparc 10's are 10BASE-T
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.101844@siisun.epfl.ch>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 09:18:44 GMT
- References: <1992Nov19.003959.6608@news2.cis.umn.edu> <jstewart.722147880@cunews> <1992Nov19.211710.18256@ntmtv>
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- Organization: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
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- In article <1992Nov19.211710.18256@ntmtv>, harthc@ntmtv.UUCP (Howard Hart) writes:
- |> 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).
-
- Let's not generalize, it might be that YOUR vendor is incompetent
- or careless, it doesn't mean that Sun in general failed to warn
- its customers. Or it could be that since it is clearly written in the glossy
- they thought you were old enough to check or whatever.
-
- In our case, we were warned multiple times and Sun made sure that
- I would check every command coming out of our institution for
- correct ethernet connection and correct keyboard (type 5 Unix or
- Swiss French).
-
- Quoting from the Sparc 10 Specifications sheet (glossy brochure):
-
- Standard Interfaces
- Ethernet 10 MB/sec. twisted pair standard (10BaseT)
- AUI available with opitonal adapter cable
-
- Sounds pretty clear to me.
- --
-
- Alain Brossard, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne,
- SIC/SII, EL-Ecublens, CH-1015 Lausanne, Suisse, +41 21 693-2211
- brossard@sic.epfl.ch
-