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From: bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce D. Becker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.unix.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga 3000UX Ethernet Tranceiver ???? Can I use A SUN one.?
Message-ID: <74584@becker.UUCP>
Date: 17 Feb 91 15:53:01 GMT
References: <1991Feb13.044538.796@solar.card.inpu.oz.au>
Organization: G. T. S., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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In article <1991Feb13.044538.796@solar.card.inpu.oz.au> rodney@solar.card.inpu.oz.au (Rodney Campbell) writes:
|Does anybody know if I can use a generic (say a Sun SparcStations)
|Ethernet Tranceiver and cable with the Amiga 3000 running UNIX. Can it
|just be plugged into the ethernet output on the A3000UX..???
|The reason why is that we are probably going to buy some A3000UX's here in
|Australia but there are not ethernet tranceivers in stock....Not very
|usefull for connecting to our ethernet and I was hoping that I could buy a
|stock standard tranceiver and cable from Sun or another third party dealer
|and just plug it in and away we go....
|Any help or comments on this matter would be most appreciated.

	Yes, the tranceivers should be generic.

	The Ethernet card needs to be told to
	talk to the 15-pin connector instead
	of the coax. You need to change a row
	of 6 jumpers from one side to the other
	to do this (it's near the connector
	end of the card).

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