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From: tony@scotty.dccs.upenn.edu (Anthony Olejnik)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: List of thin-ethernet Nu Bus cards and request for opinions
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Date: 25 Feb 91 22:40:07 GMT
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Attached is a list of vendors thin ethernet Nu Bus cards and their list price.
Can anyone add/delete cards from this list?
Now, I've read the brochures and seen the review articles.
So, I'd like to know of any personal opinions/recommendations etc.
for any of these (or other) cards.

Has any university/group/organization conducted an in-house evaluation
of these cards?  If so, which do you recommend and why?

I think that the Apple EtherTalk NB card is OEM'd from 3Com.
Are there any others on the list that are OEMs?

Thanks.

--Tony Olejnik
  University of Pennsylvania

Vendor		model			list
--------------------------------------------------
3Com		EtherLink/NB(3C543)	$595
Adaptec		EtherMAC II		$495
Apple		EtherTalk NB		$699
Apple		Ethernet NB		?
Asante Tech.	MacCon II/E		$379
Cabletron	E6020			$699
Cayman		GatorCard E/II		$595
Compatible Sys. Ether2			$395
Dove		FastNet III		$499
Emac		Speedlink II		$495
Kinetics	EtherPort II		$595
National Semi.	EtherNODE 16 NB		$495
Novell		NAE 2000		$595
NRC		Mac 1000 -NB 		$295
NRC		Mac 2000		$995 (smart card)
NuvoTech	Nuvolink II		$395
Racal Interlan  NIA310 MacConnect	$495


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