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From: romkey@mit-vax.LCS.MIT.EDU (John Romkey)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Smart Ethernet boards
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Date: Sat, 11-Jul-87 22:06:01 EDT
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In article <608@bbking.PRC.Unisys.COM> rmarks@bbking.PRC.Unisys.COM (richard marks) writes:
>My concern is the use of smart boards on a single processing remote terminal
>such as a PC.  Is the smart Excellan board worth $600 more than the dumb 3com
>board (the board is $300 more but it requires an external transceiver).

I believe that Excelan has released a new version of the smart card which
supports thin Ethernet. The thick-only version is called the EXOS-205.
The thick-and-thin version is called the EXOS-205T. I don't know anything
about the pricing, though...
				- john romkey