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From: vixie@decwrl.dec.com (Paul Vixie)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Need configuration info for various DEC ethernet widgets
Message-ID: <922@bacchus.dec.com>
Date: 21 Nov 88 08:03:06 GMT
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# What's the difference bettween a DESPR and a local DEREP other than the
# detail that one has 1-thick/1-thin and the other had 2-thick?

I hope someone who knows for sure will answer; I personally think of them
as the same thing with different kinds of connectors on each.

# 	And, if you can stand one more question, who named all the friggin'
# boxes?  I mean, DE followed by 3 random letters?  Can't get much more
# confusing than that, especially why you are trying to ask questions over
# the phone: "I'm sorry, did you say DEmumble or DEmumble?"

It's interesting that DELNI has become a generic term.  I've heard people
trying to order multiport tranceivers end up after giving a long description,
just say: "you know, like a DELNI".  It's interesting only because I'm not
sure if DEC was the first company to make these things...

The names all stand for something.  Most DEC part names do, believeitornot.

DELNI = Digital(?) Ethernet(?) Local Network Interconnect
DESPR =                        Single Port Repeater
DEMPR =                        Multi
DEUNA =                        Unibus Network Adaptor
DEQNA =                        Q-bus
DELUA =                        Lowpower Unibus networkAdaptor (okay, it's poor)
DELQA =                                 Q-bus
DESTA =                        (beats me)
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Paul Vixie
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