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From: SNSTR@TTUVM1.BITNET (steve)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: LAN adapter for IBM 3081
Message-ID: <8910010715.AA04560@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 29 Sep 89 18:07:54 GMT
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>>	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
I assume you mean 8232 rather than 8332.  IBM sells the
8232 lan channel station model 1 for $17,560, which with
the average educational discount comes to about $14,500.

Still pricey for what you get, but not nearly $77k.