tcs%usna.uucp@BRL-BMD.ARPA (08/31/84)
outed requests are a problem and promise to do something about it in the next release. An interesting feature is an SBX connector which they claim to be making an HDLC daughter board for. Does this mean that this is now a compeditor to ACC's HDH? Their boards are $3820 (128K ram) and $4070 (256K ram) in 1-9 quantities. The host software is $2000 for 3 nodes; $1000 each additional node. Source for the TCP/IP code is $20,000. They also have boards for Multibus, VMEbus and Qbus. I havn't gotten much info from Interlan on their new product (NP100). On the surface it looks like a copy of the Excelan architecture. They won't have TCP/IP for a few months yet. They supposedly have XNS now. Their prices are pretty expensive. I was quoted $6200 which included the software (didn't define the extent of this). I have ordered three of the Excelan boards. I think it is a more mature product since it has been out (in Multibus form) to several OEMs who have helped improve it. We may see Interlan's prices drop to come more in line with Excelan's. -tcs Terry Slattery U.S. Naval Academy 301-267-4413 ARPA: tcs@brl-bmd UUCP: decvax!brl-bmd!usna!tcs