Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!nasamail.nasa.gov!tpfabian From: tpfabian@nasamail.nasa.gov (THEODORE FABIAN) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: RE: Ethernet board for Apollo3000 Actually a 3Com503 Board? Message-ID: Date: 11 Oct 89 23:47:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 46 regarding the following: From: warren%ginosko%uakari.primate.wisc.edu%uwm.edu%mailrus.uucp@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Warren Lavallee) Subject: Ethernet board for Apollo3000 Actually a 3Com503 Board? Hello All, We have an Apollo 3000 which is a 68020 box based on an AT bus [just like a PC]. Our machine has a token ring board which is of no use to us. Apollo offers another board that supports tcp/ip. My boss being notably tight-fisted balks at spending $700 for a board. On the other I suspect that the Apollo board is merely a 3COM503 Ethernet II. It would be nice to verify that. Does anyone know? Thanks alot... -- Samsung Software America. Warren J. Lavallee Systems Administator. ----------------- yes, I believe the alternate board you refer to is a 3COM 503 board.. at least the ones we're using are... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * Thanks, * * * * Ted Fabian * * * * NASA Lewis Research Center * * Cleveland, Ohio * * * * phone: 216-433-6307 * * FTS: 297-6307 * * * * email: tpfabian@nasamail.nasa.gov * * tfabian@earth.lerc.nasa.gov * * tfabian@csd.lerc.nasa.gov * - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -