phil@amd.UUCP (Phil Ngai) (08/15/84)
3COM tells me they are out of the Unibus compatible ethernet controller
business. This comes as a surprise to me (not that I don't believe them),
have I had my head in the sand or is anyone else surprised by this?
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ARPAnet: amd!phil@decwrl.ARPAsunny@sun.uucp (Sunny Kirsten) (08/15/84)
From: sunny@sun.uucp (Sunny Kirsten)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: 3COM Unibus ethernet controllers
References: <195@amd.UUCP>
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Greetings:
3COM is indeed de-emphasizing the following markets/products:
UNET Unix-Unix networking software (based on DARPA's IP TCP)
AE 8-bit parallel interface bus, AC-powered box, Ethernet controller
QE DEC-Qbus Ethernet controller
UE DEC-Unibus Ethernet controller
ME Multibus Ethernet controller
The justification for this move is that with the advent of widespread
availability of VLSI Ethernet controllers, there won't be much profit
in the OEM Ethernet Controller (PC-Board) business, as everyone will
roll-their-own Ethernet controller integrated into their equipment.
On the other hand, they aren't in the business of turning dollars away
from their front-door, so if you wanted to buy quantities of boards...
Their main focus has shifted to support of mainstream Personal Computers
in the (office) networked environment (IBM PC (& lookalikes), HP150, ...)
and networking software/applications based on mainstream PC Operating
Systems (MS-DOS, Xenix, ...).
And, of course they continue to excell at connectorized Ethernet 2.0
transceivers, and their Cheapernet based on RG-58/AU and BNC connectors,
and low cost transceiver/controllers which plug into the mainstream PCs.
And I believe they are pursuing IEEE802.3 (in)compatibility issues.
Look for continued strong performance at the leading edge of low-cost
high-performance Personal Computer networking technology. To the best
of my knowledge, all of the above has been previously published in various
trade rags.
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