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From: morgan@Jessica.stanford.edu (RL "Bob" Morgan)
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Subject: Re: Starlan/Ethernet compatibility
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Date: 14 Jun 89 23:25:17 GMT
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John Robert Breeden writes:

> As a matter of fact, two other vendors besides AT&T conform to the
> March '88 10baseT draft, Hewlett Packard and Ungermann Bass and you
> can mix and match the three vendors' HUBS, AUI's and NICs

Here's a quote from the front page of the 10BASE-T draft dated April
7, 1989:

> This is an unappproved draft which is subject to change and cannot be
> presumed to reflect the position of Project 802 or the IEEE, Inc.
> DO NOT SPECIFY OR CLAIM CONFORMANCE TO THIS DOCUMENT.

To paraphrase Gene Shue, the standard ain't a standard 'til the fat
lady sings.  If you think you're buying conforming equipment before
the standard is approved, you're only fooling yourself.

 - RL "Bob" Morgan
   Networking Systems
   Stanford