[net.dcom] Merlan dropped?

phil@amd.UUCP (Phil Ngai) (08/16/84)

I read in EE Times that apparently Intel has dropped its
Merlan proposal in favor of Cheapernet. Still a contender
for IEEE approval is ATT's S LAN, which uses "already
installed twisted-pair telephone cables". I wasn't aware
there was that much extra capacity in my telephone cables.
Anyone from ATT care to comment?

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warren@tikal.UUCP (08/31/84)

I work for a company that has been profitably selling a telephone line
modem for several years.  Our vax and pyramid serial ports go out to the
modem.  At my desk there is a modem.  Out of the modem comes two cables.
One cable is RS232 to the 9600 baud terminal I'm on, the other a regular
modular phone cord.  I can talk and compute at 9600 baud at the same
time.  This means NO extra wiring in our new building.  There is plenty
of bandwidth on the phone lines.

				teltone!warren