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From: cball@ishmael
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Do you know about TCL?
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Date: 15 Nov 88 13:44:00 GMT
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Nf-From: ishmael!cball    Nov 15 08:44:00 1988


There was an outfit called TCL demonstrating twisted-pair ethernet on
the InterOP88 floor show.  Unlike Synoptics, whose implementation requires
a repeater to connect it to a coax network, TCL's implementation is
basically a multiport transciever with twisted-pair out to a "transciever"
that reformats signals from twisted-pair to normal drop cables.
The advantage is that TCL's implementation connects to normal coax with
a transciever instead of two transcievers and a repeater.  In short, TCL
appears to have a product that is both less expensive and more flexible.
The problem is that other than the aforementioned trade show, I've never
heard of TCL.

Is there anyone out there who has experience with TCL equipment or better
yet with their twisted-pair ethernet products?

Thanks for any info,
Charles Ball			cball@inmet.inmet.com
Intermetrics, Inc.		uunet!inmet!cball