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From: jmorton@dgis.daitc.mil (Joe Morton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Re: Why are new Suns thick Ethernet only
Keywords: Hardware
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Date: 22 May 89 17:14:40 GMT
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I heard from a Sun rep at the last DC-SLUG meeting that Sun have left
off thin ethernet support because it was easier for the SPARCstation to
qualify as an FCC class A device (home use) without it.

Joe Morton - jmorton@daitc.mil
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