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- From: marquis@netcom.com (Roger Marquis)
- Subject: Re: Sparc 10's are 10BASE-T
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.031152.15342@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom
- References: <1992Nov19.211710.18256@ntmtv> <1992Nov20.101844@siisun.epfl.ch> <1992Nov21.015139.5668@ntmtv>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 03:11:52 GMT
- Lines: 19
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- In article <1992Nov21.015139.5668@ntmtv> harthc@ntmtv.UUCP (Howard Hart) writes:
- >
- >We've got a SPARC 10 in house and 60 SPARCClassics on the way. I have
- >yet to see a sales brochure or specification sheet (other than
- >what came in the SPARC 10 box). Sounds like we should buy our
- >SPARCs in Europe :-).
- >--
- >Howard Hart UUCP:{ames,pyramid!amdahl,hplabs}!ntmtv!harthc
-
- Howard,
-
- Are you serious? You're telling us you ordered 60 workstations
- without even having seen a spec sheet? This does not sound like a
- good idea. I've been waiting a long time for Sun to get rid of their
- AUI only Ethernet interface. The vast majority of my customers run
- 10-base T _only_ and are grateful not to have to purchase a
- transceiver. Sorry about your pre-historic cable plant.
-
- Roger (marquis@netcom.com)
-