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From: phil@amdcad.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Terminal Servers & Ethernet Xcvrs
Message-ID: <17473@amdcad.AMD.COM>
Date: Fri, 10-Jul-87 20:03:28 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 10 20:03:28 1987
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Reply-To: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai)
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In article <1673@oliveb.UUCP> jerry@oliveb.UUCP (Jerry F Aguirre) writes:
>You forgot the Cabletron ST-500.  I haven't used these personally but
>the price and features seem right.  It is the smallest I have seen
>(3.8"x3.5"x1.75") and has 5 LED indicators built in for PWR, SQE, XMT,
>RCV, and CP.  It comes with screw on adaptors for either piercing, N, or
>BNC connection and can be jumpered for heartbeat.

I would like to emphasize how useful the LEDs are. I thought they were
a bit of fluff at first but they once helped me solve a nasty problem
and I wouldn't be without them for the world now. 

Besides, it makes me feel good to know I'm not giving as much money to
a company like DEC with proprietary terminal server protocols like
LAT. The Cabletron transceivers work great. 

(I speak only for myself, not my company.)
-- 
Phil Ngai, {ucbvax,decwrl,allegra}!amdcad!phil or amdcad!phil@decwrl.dec.com