Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!mit-eddie!mit-vax!romkey From: romkey@mit-vax.LCS.MIT.EDU (John Romkey) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: Smart Ethernet boards Message-ID: <2434@mit-vax.LCS.MIT.EDU> Date: Sat, 11-Jul-87 22:06:01 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-vax.2434 Posted: Sat Jul 11 22:06:01 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 17:08:02 EDT References: <283@sering.cwi.nl> <8212@utzoo.UUCP> <8255@utzoo.UUCP> <2302@ames.arpa> <13203@topaz.rutgers.edu> <608@bbking.PRC.Unisys.COM> Reply-To: romkey@mit-vax.UUCP (John Romkey) Organization: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science, Cambridge Lines: 10 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