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From: davecb@nexus.yorku.ca (David Collier-Brown)
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Subject: Re: Why are new Suns thick Ethernet only
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In article <3917@kalliope.rice.edu> robinson@boone.med.unc.edu (Gerard
| A. Robinson) writes: In addition to the business about the
| Sparcstation needing to qualify as a FCC Class B (home) device; our
| local SE also pointed out that it allows the user to connect up to
| ANY type of ethernet, there now being 3 (thin, >thick and twisted :-).

That may be so, but I don't exactly see a plethora of small, inexpensive
tranceivers that I can attach to the back of a 3/80...  (ie, Is this claim
verifiable?)

--dave


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