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- From: cone@controls.ccd.harris.com (Tom Cone)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
- Subject: Re: Sparc 10's are 10BASE-T
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.140407.8507@ccd.harris.com>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 14:04:07 GMT
- References: <1992Nov19.003959.6608@news2.cis.umn.edu> <jstewart.722147880@cunews> <1992Nov19.211710.18256@ntmtv>
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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).
- >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.
- >
- >
- >--
- >Howard Hart UUCP:{ames,pyramid!amdahl,hplabs}!ntmtv!harthc
- >System Administrator INTERNET: ntmtv!harthc@ames.arc.nasa.gov
- >Northern Telecom PHONE: (415) 940-2680
- >Mt. View, CA
-
- SUN must have figured out a way to get more money from us. Oh ofcourse
- we support AUI. Then later you find out you have to pay more to do it.
- It must be cheaper(I know it is) for them to build. We ran mostly Thin-
- net here for offices. Then they stick you.
- THANKS A LOT SUN.
-