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- From: cone@controls.ccd.harris.com (Tom Cone)
- Subject: Re: Sparc 10's are 10BASE-T
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.135536.8253@ccd.harris.com>
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- Organization: Harris Controls and Composition
- References: <1992Nov19.003959.6608@news2.cis.umn.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 13:55:36 GMT
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- In article <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
- >that Sun has apparently departed from their old standard of putting
- >thickwire Ethernet ports on all their workstations. The Sparc 10 comes
- >with twisted pair, standard! To connect thickwire, you need (surprise!)
- >a $60 adaptor cable that turns the audio (AUI) port into a dual port
- >(audio and thickwire Enet). Pretty bogus, huh?
- >
- >So be sure to budget an additional $60 (and order it *with* your box,
- >or you'll wait 5 days for Sun"Express") if you don't use 10BASE-T (i.e.
- >if your Sun is not a PC server).
- >
- >Just another example of expensive corporate silliness.
-
- If you are connecting more than one Sparc10 you might want to get a
- 10baseT hub from MILAN. It has 8 TP ports and 1ea. AUI and Thin connections
- on the back. I cost around $400 depending upon your discount. This
- comes out to be $50 a port. Well worth it if you need more or for
- future units.
-
- Tom
-
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