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From: berry@zinfandel.UUCP (Berry Kercheval)
Newsgroups: net.lan
Subject: Re: 10Mb Ether for HP-IB?
Message-ID: <168@zinfandel.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 24-Aug-84 12:31:38 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 24 12:31:38 1984
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Reply-To: berry@zinfandel.UUCP (Berry Kercheval)
Organization: Zehntel Inc., Walnut Creek, CA
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Gee, Chris, I have good news and bad news.  Our friendly HP rep came
by Wednesday to lay their new products, "We really want your business"
rap on us.  I have in front of me a 3-inch binder chock full of the 
latest HP marketing brochures.  Now I know they told me they had Ethernet
for the 9000, let me just find the right poop-sheet...

Ah, here it is.  It's called a LAN unit, and interfaces to the HP-IB
port on your 9000.  
	LAN Unit 	2285A		$5035	
	Software	Opt 022		  N/C with above
	Xcvr Cable	1150-1628
	Ethernet cable	92179

Etc.  The good news is they use the TCP/IP protocols.

The bad news is 'It probably isn't compatible with what you are running.'
We have 3-com and Excelan boards  and run 4.2/SUN, Excelan EXOS and 3-com
UNET.  All talk to each other with varying degrees of wonderfulness.
The HP rep told us their TCP would not talk to ours.

FLAME 
	WHY THE H**L would they BOTHER to implement TCP/IP and NOT
	make it compatible with other implementations?
ELAMF

When I asked the HP rep the above question, he said "Uh, we've had a lot
of people ask that question."
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Berry Kercheval		Zehntel Inc.	(ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!berry)
(415)932-6900