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From: grandi@noao.edu (Steve Grandi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Re: Why are new Suns thick Ethernet only
Keywords: Hardware
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Date: 11 May 89 10:45:20 GMT
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Original-Date: Mon, 8 May 89 07:15:57 MST
X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 283, message 4 of 13

The Sun folks at the San Francisco product introduction said the decision
to use only a thick Ethernet connector was driven by FCC ``interference''
requirements.  The Sun folks claimed that a Class B (suitable for home
use) classification was impossible with a thin-net connector. 

Steve Grandi, National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson AZ, 602-325-9228
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