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- From: div@NAD.3Com.COM (Dinesh Venkatachalam x5498)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.misc
- Subject: Re: Best EtherNet LAN Card
- Message-ID: <1333@bridge2.NSD.3Com.COM>
- Date: 15 Sep 92 14:59:22 GMT
- References: <1992Sep15.000141.40000@camb.com>
- Sender: news@bridge2.NSD.3Com.COM
- Reply-To: div@NAD.3Com.COM
- Organization: 3Com Corp
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- In article 40000@camb.com, bruce@camb.com (Barton F. Bruce) writes:
- >In article <1322@bridge2.NSD.3Com.COM>, div@NAD.3Com.COM (Dinesh Venkatachalam x5498) writes:
- >>
- >> Try the EtherLink III ( 3c509 Coax or TP ) card which 3com recently introduced.
- >> It certainly meets the simplest/easiest/cheapest to use criteria.
- >
- >But sadly 3COM really missed the boat. They could have made it 'THE' only card
- >to buy for folks with mixed (as in VERY) 10Base-T/10Base-2 environments.
- >If they had only made ONE card do both - they could have left out the AUI port
- >for all I would care.
- >
- >As it is, you have to buy the card you think you need, and when that staff
- >person's desk moves, you have to go in and swap cards if the new location
- >has the other cable.
- >
- >Fortunately there are other brands that have noticed customer's quandry.
-
-
- The Combo TP + Coax adapter for ISA without the AUI port would be available from
- 3COM in a short period of time. Once the design for TP or Coax is working, it is
- trivial to change it for a Combo solution. The delay in introducing the product is
- the extensive testing cycles the board has to go through to meet production standards
- ( typically 4 months )
-
- ...Dinesh
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-