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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
- Path: sparky!uunet!hela.iti.org!lokkur!scs
- From: scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us (Steve Simmons)
- Subject: Re: Sparc 10's are 10BASE-T
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.135705.21041@lokkur.dexter.mi.us>
- Organization: Inland Sea
- References: <1992Nov19.003959.6608@news2.cis.umn.edu> <jstewart.722147880@cunews> <1992Nov19.211710.18256@ntmtv>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 13:57:05 GMT
- Lines: 24
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- harthc@ntmtv.UUCP (Howard Hart) writes:
-
- >In article <jstewart.722147880@cunews>, jstewart@alfred.carleton.ca (John Stewart) writes:
-
- >|> 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 . . .
-
- All the initial product announcements for this box pointed it out, and
- there was a fair amount of debate in this space about it at announcement
- time.
-
- On the whole, I approve. 10baseT is the modern wave. If somebody has
- to pay extra, it should be those sticking to the older technology. As
- for AUI cables and connections, their death will be the finest thing
- that ever happened to ethernet.
- --
- "When Dexter's on the Internet, can Hell be far behind?"
- -- Steve Simmons, scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us
-