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From: dale@boing.UUCP (Dale Luck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: 19200bps
Keywords: 19200 bps
Message-ID: <975@boing.UUCP>
Date: 7 May 91 17:40:02 GMT
References: <1991May5.185645.12902@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1991May5.201708.452@cec1.wustl.edu> <1492@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> <12927@pt.cs.cmu.edu>
Reply-To: dale@boing.UUCP (Dale Luck)
Organization: Boing, Milpitas, Ca.
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In article <12927@pt.cs.cmu.edu> cactus@zardoz.club.cc.cmu.edu (Todd Masco) writes:
>
>What's the cheapest *reasonable* Ethernet hardware/software
> combination available for the Amiga?  I'll be "Powering Up" to an
> A3000 in the very near future, and would really like to put it on our
> net.  However, I don't quite feel like shelling out $500 for it.

Well, if by your message you are a student at a University then you
do not need to shell out $500. The educational price we have for
the A2065(ethernet) + AS225(tcp/ip) is $428.00

>From what I know about KA9Q, I'm hesitant to go with it.  On the other
> hand, if using it and an under $200 Ethernet card (am I dreaming?) is
> the alternative to the Commodoe $500 deal...

Well the A2065 is not quite under $200; it is only a tad more though.
How about $229 for students at Universities.

The A2065 board is a full 16bit board with 32kbytes of on board RAM for
packet cache. It is fully autoconfig compatible and supports thin and
thick net.

>[Sheesh.  With a UNIX Amiga, I'd expect Ethernet to come way down.
> Hasn't from what I've seen...]

But it has!  This same setup 2 years ago cost $900 for hardware
and tcp/ip software. For students it is half the price it used to
be!

>Todd L. Masco - CMU Physics   | "Free speech is the right to shout "theatre"
>cactus@zardoz.club.cc.cmu.edu |   in a crowded fire."

Dale Luck
GfxBase, Inc.  1881 Ellwell Dr.  Milpitas, Ca  95035
408-262-1469   fax=408 262 8276

Disclaimer:  GfxBase markets, sells, and supports the A2065 and the AS225
products mentioned above. For more information please contact us.

-- 
Dale Luck     GfxBase/Boing, Inc.
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