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From: smb@arpa.att.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Re: Why are new Suns thick Ethernet only
Keywords: Hardware
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Date: 11 May 89 10:33:09 GMT
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Original-Date: Sun, 07 May 89 17:19:19 EDT
X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 283, message 3 of 13

I asked why no thinwire.  I was told that there's just no room on the
board for the integral transceiver; they really packed things tight on the
SPARCstation 1.  (And why is Sun imitating DEC's names now?) As for why
not use just thinwire -- that's much less compatible.  If you have an
existing thickwire setup, you can't easily put in a single thinwire
station; going the other way, though, requires just a transceiver and drop
cable.  And who knows -- maybe Sun has finally learned how to build the
connectors...