Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!TTUVM1.BITNET!SNSTR 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 References:Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 11 >> 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.