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From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Buddy, can ya' spare some ethernet?
Message-ID: <1991Jun22.040444.1508@spcvxb.spc.edu>
Date: 22 Jun 91 04:04:44 GMT
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In article <80785@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>, kalisiak@acsu.buffalo.edu (christophe m kalisiak) writes:
> What I am looking for is just about everything you see in
> the diagram. I need a DEQNA (I will be running VMS 5.3),
> DEUNA, three DECnet-DOS supported boards (like the DEPCA
> or 3COM Etherlink boards), DSRVAA DECserver 100, three
> DESTA's, and assorted wire and T's.
> Ethernet II is fine with me, as I won't be running anything
> new enough that will be 802.3 (I don't think so anyway,
> but I could be wrong.) .

  I'd give up on the idea of using DESTA's - for a setup such as yours they
are way too expensive, and they need AUI cables (the 15-pin cables) to con-
nect them to the controllers. MTI's MESTAs are better, but they need a big
dose of reality in their pricing. Talk to Allied Telesis at (800) 424-4284
about their "CentreCOM MX10" transceiver for $99.95.

  Next, take the money you're saving on DESTA's and buy a dead DEQNA from
somebody. Call DEC at 800-225-5385 before the end of this month and get the
$660 trade-in to a DELQA. VMS really doesn't like the DEQNA any more, and
will soon start to ignore it.

  If you're going to be using Pathworks (or whatever the call it today) on
the PC's, get any Ethernet card that's NDIS compatible. Everex SpeedLinks
(800) 821-0806 are fast, inexpensive, and reliable.

  If you absolutely must have a DECserver 100, ok. I'd wait a while for the
200's to come down. Of course, the DECserver 200/DL (data leads only) has
been discontinued by DEC and is pretty inexpensive these days.

	Terry Kennedy		Operations Manager, Academic Computing
	terry@spcvxa.bitnet	St. Peter's College, US
	terry@spcvxa.spc.edu	(201) 915-9381