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- From: raob@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au (richard oxbrow)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
- Subject: Re: SS10 Network Connection
- Message-ID: <9231019.26441@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 08:37:03 GMT
- References: <1992Nov2.162018.6006@rs.com> <R.EVANS.92Nov3172940@afs1.ic.ac.uk>
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- In article <R.EVANS.92Nov3172940@afs1.ic.ac.uk> r.evans@ic.ac.uk (Rob Evans) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov2.162018.6006@rs.com> horen@rs.com (Jonathan B. Horen) writes:
- >
- > I can't believe it -- we just received five SS10 workstations, but we can't
- > connect them to the network with our *other* 45 SPARCstations because the
- > network is coax-cabled but the SS10 only offers built-in connection to a
- > twisted-pair network!
- >
- > Does anybody know where we can find adapters/transceivers from twisted-pair
- > to AUI, in the SF Bay Area?
- >
- >The SS10 does in fact have an AUI connection, cunningly labelled as a
- >headphone socket. Look at the back and next to the `speaker' symbol, you
- >will see the infamous `<...>'. For a small fee, Sun will quite happily supply
- >you a `splitter' that will give you a 15 pin D-type connecter for your
-
- We were lucky.. they gave us one for free..
-
- Even better the parallel printer port with the same plug.. is located
- directly above the speaker/ethernet socket..
-
- richard/..
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