Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ginosko!uunet!munnari.oz.au!csc!ccadfa!usage!basser!metro!bunyip!moondance!darryl From: darryl@batserver.cs.uq.oz (Darryl Godfrey) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: LAN adapter for IBM 3081 Keywords: IBM LAN Message-ID: <1576@moondance.cs.uq.oz> Date: 20 Sep 89 00:02:28 GMT References: <2072@bunyip.cc.uq.OZ> Sender: news@moondance.cs.uq.oz Reply-To: darryl@batserver.cs.uq.oz Lines: 19 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*)