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From: german@UXH.CSO.UIUC.EDU (Gregory German)
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Subject: Re: Query on Western Digital cards
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Date: 5 Oct 89 00:14:05 GMT
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There are many versions of the card.  Here is a year old list I came up with
from Sept. 1988:

Part#           Name              Description    Type RAM  ROM   List Price
WDLAN-EPR F001  EtherCard PLUS    WD8003E        BNC  8    no    $399
WDLAN-EPB F001  EtherCard PLUS    WD8003EBT      BNC  8/32 yes   $399
WDLAN-EP/A F001 EtherCard PLUS/A  WD8003ET/A     BNC  16   yes   $499 (for MCA)
WDLAN-ETP F001  EtherCard PLUS TP WD8003WT       UTP  8/32 yes   $499

Like I said these are over a year old and things have changed some.  I
also agree that you might be getting gouged a little on price.  If you 
buy them 100+ at a time you can get near or under $200 per card for the
$399 list cards.

Type indicates what besides the 15-pin "thick" connector comes with this
card.  BNC indicates an onboard "thin" transceiver, and UTP is for the
10BaseT draft standard for ethernet on Unshielded Twisted-Pair.

RAM is the number of Kbytes of buffer memory.  The first number is what
comes with the card and the second number is the maxium.

ROM indicates the availability of a ROM socket for use with a boot PROM.

         Greg German (german@sonne.CSO.UIUC.EDU) (217-333-8293)
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