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From: vasu@ESD.3Com.COM (Swaminatha Vasudevan x1141)
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Subject: Re: Lattisnet / 10base-T
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Date: 8 Feb 91 02:42:28 GMT
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In article <1991Feb6.202058.3700@amd.com> remaker@icarus.amd.com (Phillip Remaker) writes:
>NOW, to end the Synoptics Lattisnet confusion once and for all:
>
>With the introduction of the 3000 series concentrators, Synoptics
>combined all of their available technologies on one bus.  Lattisnet
>is a "catch all" phrase for all of these products.  They have
>some modules that do proprietary twisted pair ethernet, and some that
>so 10BaseT ethernet.  They have other products doing ethernet over
>fiber and shielded twisted pair.  Caveat Emptor!  The marketing yoyos at 
>Synoptics should really take more care to dfferentiate their products.
>
This seems like a good opportunity to toss in a plug for my company(and
division).

3Com manufactures and sells the Etherlink II TP and the Etherlink/MC TP
for PC and Microchannel machines. These boards offer twisted-pair
compatibility to IEEE 10BaseT AND Pre-standard Lattisnet. 
This is the ONLY adapter I know of that supports pre-standard and 
standard twisted pair.

Both boards are software-compatible with their counterparts, the Etherlink II
and the Etherlink/MC.

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S. Vasudevan
3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, Ca

All opinions are mine mine mine.