Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!ucsd!ames!pacbell!indetech!rencon!esfenn!dosadi!root From: root@dosadi.UUCP (Dave Edick) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: Cost of 10BaseT Message-ID: Date: 6 Mar 90 03:10:42 GMT References: <8670@rosevax.Rosemount.COM> Organization: totally disorganized Lines: 28 dan@scooter.rosemount.com (Dan Messinger) writes: > > My understanding is that the approved standard (which is basically decided > upon) will match what 3Com has been selling as 10BaseT. (3Com made a gamble, > and it looks like they won) > The 3Com PairTamers are NOT 10BaseT compatible. They're really nothing other than a balun (a transformer). 3Com will supposedly be introducing true 10BaseT compatible hardware soon. Basically, neither 3Com nor Synoptics "won" on the 10BaseT spec. The spec is much closer to Synoptics, but the commitee made changes which make Synoptics hardware incompatible with the "final" spec. From what I've heard recently, the "final" spec won't really be approved until July at the earliest. Anyone know the actual approval date? By the way, there's a product called EtherNext (forgot the company name), which the manufacturer guarantees will be compatible with the final spec (they'll ship an upgrade if the spec changes). Don't know anything about them other than what I read in the literature I got a few days ago. ------- /Dave Edick/ {pacbell,rencon,dumbcat,sorinc}!esfenn!dosadi!root "I can't go to a single solar system without apologizing for you." Star Trek, The Next Generation - Deja Q