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From: jmg@cernvax.UUCP (jmg)
Newsgroups: net.lan
Subject: Re: Baseband <--> Broadband gateways
Message-ID: <277@cernvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 18-Feb-86 09:11:24 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 18 09:11:24 1986
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Reply-To: jmg@cernvax.UUCP (Mike Gerard, DD Division, CERN.)
Organization: CERN, Geneva/Switzerland
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In article <1828@cbosgd.UUCP> mark@cbosgd.UUCP writes:
>Incidently, is there a bridge between Ethernet (or 802.3) and Starlan
>available or in the works?  Sure might be handy for cabling to run an
>Ethernet backbone trunk with Starlan into the offices, or on the other
>hand, to use Starlan for the building wiring (to reuse existing wiring)
>but to plug in boxes with an Ethernet interface.  I'm thinking of something
>inexpensive - almost like an adaptor, not a big expensive general purpose
>bridge.

The answer to this question would be very interesting. However, does
Starlan really exist yet? Neither net.lan nor net.dcom has much, if any,
mention of Starlan. What I want to know is where can I get it, and how
much will it cost.