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From: schoff@psi.com (Marty Schoffstall)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: FDDI vs HPPI [was FDDI over copper]
Message-ID: <1990Mar5.173855.3242@psi.com>
Date: 5 Mar 90 17:38:55 GMT
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Reply-To: schoff@psi.com (Marty Schoffstall)
Organization: Performance Systems International Inc., Reston VA, USA
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Just to add another wrinkle to the discussion, FDDI is complex, many
vendors (specifically in the area of the station management) do things
in software and this will continue.  HPPI is a rather simple all
hardware solvable mechanism.  Lastly I have seen plans for fiber between HPPI's.

-- 
Martin L. Schoffstall
Performance Systems Internationl Inc.
Reston Virgina, US
schoff@psi.com