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- From: nbvs@cl.cam.ac.uk (Nicko van Someren)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
- Subject: Re: A5000 NS
- Message-ID: <1992Sep13.172806.7184@cl.cam.ac.uk>
- Date: 13 Sep 92 17:28:06 GMT
- References: <15306@suns4.crosfield.co.uk> <1992Sep8.052445.3966@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Reply-To: nbvs@cl.cam.ac.uk (Nicko van Someren)
- Organization: U of Cambridge Comp Lab, UK
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- In article <1992Sep8.052445.3966@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> amell@nyx.cs.du.edu (Andrew P.Mell) writes:
- >I hear that the Acorn Ethernet card is now in Version III and comes with
- >support for AUN etc in the podule firmwire all for the infinitely more
- >reasonable price of 149 quid exc. vat. If thats true, then its a big step
- >forward for ethernet on the archimedes, the original 299 quid card was
- >just plain ridiculous in pricing terms.
-
- Acording to the latest Acorn price lists the card is now 149 quid.
- The AUN code is included. You can still run the card with the TCP/IP
- suite with the correct drivers.
-
- >Are new Unix device drivers needed for the version 3 card?
-
- Yes.
-
- >Andy
-
- Nicko
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