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From: darryl@batserver.cs.uq.oz (Darryl Godfrey)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: LAN adapter for IBM 3081
Keywords: IBM LAN
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Date: 20 Sep 89 00:02:28 GMT
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miw@bunyip.cc.uq.OZ (Mark Williams) writes:


>	We decided that the time had come to get a real, supported,
>IBM 8332 LAN channel station. After all, we should have a supported
>ethernet adapter. We were so serious about it that we got a quotation.
>The quotation was....

>		SEVENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS

	Maybe token ring is cheaper :-) This is one of the problems with
	dealing with companies who market antiques. I can't believe that
	they actually use an AT as a channel adaptor. Thinking about it,
	token ring plus a gateway with an ethernet controller would
	probably be cheaper. Apollo do it quite well.


-darryl
(IBM - just say *no*)