home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
- Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!atlantis.psu.edu!wilbur.psu.edu!vincent
- From: vincent@wilbur.psu.edu (James Vincent)
- Subject: FDDI General Info sought
- Message-ID: <8$41H-gz_b@atlantis.psu.edu>
- Sender: news@atlantis.psu.edu (Usenet)
- Organization: Penn State University, Center for Academic Computing
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 17:37:59 GMT
- Lines: 12
-
-
- Hello,
-
- We are cobsidering purchasing an FDDI setup for 6 RS/6000's
- to perform parallel computations using PVM. Has anyone had
- experience with this type of setup? Can anyone give me some
- general information about fiber optic links for the IBM's in
- general - are they proprietary, can something be purchased
- from a third party, any experiences using one or setting
- one up etc.. We are debating whether to buy the link or
- another computer. Any help is appreciated.
-
-