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From: phssra@mathcs.emory.edu (Scott R. Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Ethernet?
Message-ID: <4379@emory.mathcs.emory.edu>
Date: 27 Sep 89 03:14:01 GMT
References: <31295@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <204@spt.entity.com> 
Reply-To: phssra@emory.UUCP (Scott Robert Anderson)
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Organization: Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta
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In article  dennis@yang.cpac.washington.edu (Dennis Gentry) writes:
>
>   In article <31295@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> c60c-4ad@WEB.berkeley.edu () writes:
>   >.. all we do not have is a viable way to hook
>   >up the NeXts with their thin ether net connections to the thick ethernet
>   >cabling used here at UC Berkeley.
>
>All you need to go from thick to thin cable is a small connector that connects
>to thick coax on one end and thin coax on the other.

We have a slightly different situation here, but with the same problem, i.e.
how to connect our NeXT.  We have a BICC Fan-out unit, which is basically an
ethernet-in-a-box, *including* all transceivers.  All you need to do is run an
AUI cable from the box to the (thick) ethernet connector on your computer, and
away you go.  Of course, the NeXT has only the thin ethernet connector, with
its own transceiver on-board.

So, the question becomes, "how does one eliminate one or the other of these
transceivings?"  We are told that there is some other box which will interface
between the two, which will cost ~$700.  We would obviously like to avoid this
additional, unexpected charge.  Does anyone have any other solutions?

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