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From: greene@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM (John Greene)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Twisted pair (StarLan) to ThinNet
Keywords: LAN twisted thinnet
Message-ID: <434@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM>
Date: 30 Mar 90 00:56:47 GMT
References: <405@ohsuhcx.ohsu.edu> <430@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM> <10202@netcom.UUCP>
Reply-To: greene@venice.sedd.trw.com (John Greene)
Organization: TRW System Engineering and Development Division
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In article <10202@netcom.UUCP> jbreeden@netcom.UUCP (John Breeden) writes:
>In article <430@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM> greene@venice.sedd.trw.com (John Greene) 
>writes:
>>
>>First thing is that you are mixing two different things here.  Literally, you
>>can bridge between ThinNet and StarLan using a Mac Layer Bridge such as made
>>by Retix.  StarLan is a 1 MegaBit/Sec twisted pair network.  

>THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT STARLAN PRODUCTS!!!!! Starlan1 is 1mb ethernet. It is

My point exactly.  I refer to the 1 MBit/sec stuff as StarLan and the 10Mbit/
sec stuff as 10 Mbit twisted pair just to keep it straight.  I understand that
they are both Star configurations.  sheesh, excitable aren't we!

>>The Synoptics stuff is an implementation of 10 MBit/sec twisted pair which 
>>is in the process of being standardized as 10baseT.  
>
>NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. Synoptic's Lattisnet IS NOT EVEN CLOSE to what the
>10baseT committee is standardizing on! It is a PROPRIATERY protocol. If

Obviously a poorly structured sentence on my part.  I was trying to say that
Lattisnet is Synoptics' own version of 10 Mbit twisted pair and that 10 MBit
twisted pair is in process of becoming a standard called 10baseT.  The 
connection being between the 10MBit twisted pair and 10baseT.  So I got a 
'C' in english composition, sue me.

>>I think that StarLan carries a standard of 1base5 (I think).  

>Try IEEE 802.3/1baseT for Starlan1 and IEEE 802.3/10baseT for Starlan10,
>there is no 1base5.

>>It's been five years since I messed with any of this stuff. 

>No kidding.
Fuck you, clown.

>>In short, No, Synoptics is not the same as StarLan.  Unless it is their series
>>3000 stuff, it's not 10baseT either.
>
>You are right - 

No kidding.


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John E. Greene    "People are just like frankfurters....You have to decide
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