Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!UOTTAWA.BITNET!SIMXT From: SIMXT@UOTTAWA.BITNET (Ed Sterling) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: Re: Ethernet For Laptops Message-ID: <89Aug28.114040edt.57688@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Date: 28 Aug 89 15:34:45 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 10 Saw an interesting ad in LAN magazine, August 89, page 98, from a firm called XIRCOM, interesting device called POCKET ETHERNET ADAPTER: parallel port on one end, Ethernet BNC on the other end!! Ad shows a laptop connecting to a thin Ethernet. Phone number in ad says 818 884-8755 Woodland Hills, CA. Sounds perfect for any laptop!! Just passing on what I read, no hands on experience myself. Ed Sterling SIMXT@UOTTAWA