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From: krus@diku.UUCP (Lars Povlsen)
Newsgroups: net.dcom
Subject: Re: Re: Re: TCP/IP terminal concentrators
Message-ID: <2535@diku.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 24-Jul-86 17:22:31 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 24 17:22:31 1986
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References: <890@bu-cs.UUCP> <12236@amdcad.UUCP> <2529@diku.UUCP> <12364@amdcad.UUCP>
Organization: DIKU, U of Copenhagen, DK
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In article <12364@amdcad.UUCP> phil@amdcad.UUCP writes:
>In article <2529@diku.UUCP> krus@diku.UUCP (Lars Povlsen) writes:
>>In article <12236@amdcad.UUCP> phil@amdcad.UUCP writes:
>>>This is an advantage. Much better than running around updating forty
>>>or fifty floppies like the CS100 requires. (We don't have Ethernet
>>>terminal servers in large scale use but when we do we'll have that
>>>many to maintain.)
>>
>>If you have non diskbased cs100 with a NCS150 control server, you will
>>only need one copy of the software for cs100's or cs1's on the
>>network.

>We have multiple Unix boxes which can make perfectly good boot
>servers.  Why should I buy a proprietary solution like an NCS150 when
>Encore supplies free boot server source code? And don't forget you're
>not just buying one NCS150, you have to buy two for each site if you
>don't want all your terminal servers down when the NCS150 is down.
>(The NCS150 is used for name service and boot service, I think?)

Yes, its used for both, but they will be down anyway, since the
doubled service only applies to the nameserver, not software &
configuration info.

>(ask me about how Bridge Comm violates the 802.3 AUI cable connector
>spec, causing AUI connections to be unreliable.)
The connector is a tragedy, agreed, we had a lot of trouble, and
still has.
But since we were only aware of the connection to be unreliable,
not what being the cause, please follow this up.

I think its necessary to stress that I'm not trying to sell anybody
anything from BCI (other than 20 CS100's at certain bad days ;-).
In fact, I would probably believe *anybody* saying they had a better
box than the CS100 and related products.

I was just commenting on the boot service that IS available.

I am sad to say I haven't any knowledge of the Annex. From what I hear
in this forum this is clearly a handicap.

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