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Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
Date: Friday, 4 Jan 1991 01:53:50 EST
From: Jim Gerlach <GERLACHJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
Message-ID: <91004.015350GERLACHJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: DEC DEPCA ethernet cards: Use in new LAN?

A colleague worked in a group that had about 15 286 computers networked to a
DEC MicroVax using PCSA. The cabling was all thin ethernet to DEC DEPCA cards.
For a variety of reasons (it's a long story) the MicroVax has been sold BUT
the cabling, PC's and cards are still there. Can these adaptors be used in
peer-to-peer DOS lans? multitasking lans? UNIX lans (they have just bought a
Sun workstation)?

As is obvious from this posting I have very little knowledge in this area. My
understanding is that they want to link the PC's together for printer and file
sharing but would also like to access the Sun. Any and all suggestions would
be most welcome, and yes, money IS an object :-)

Thanx in advance - Jim

Jim Gerlach - Cancer Research Laboratories
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