whelan@donald.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Jerry Whelan) (09/19/90)
With the new NeXTs supporting both thin and twisted pair ethernet it would seem a reasonable to ask if both ports can be simultaneously active. Can I use a new NeXT to link a thinwire network to a twisted pair net? Oh, and how about those educational prices? What are we looking at for a base NeXTstation slab? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- whelan@ (uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu || uhccux.BITNET || nextsrv.wslab.hawaii.edu)
garnett@cs.utexas.edu (John William Garnett) (09/20/90)
In article <9453@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> whelan@donald.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Jerry Whelan) writes: > With the new NeXTs supporting both thin and twisted pair >ethernet it would seem a reasonable to ask if both ports can be >simultaneously active. Can I use a new NeXT to link a thinwire >network to a twisted pair net? According to the NeXT rep. at UT Austin on 09/19/90, the answer is no - that is, you can configure only one (any one) of the two Ethernet ports as active. > Oh, and how about those educational prices? What are we looking >at for a base NeXTstation slab? The educational price for the $4,995 machine appears to be $3,370. -- John Garnett University of Texas at Austin garnett@cs.utexas.edu Department of Computer Science Austin, Texas
chari@math.utexas.edu (Christopher M. Whatley) (09/20/90)
whelan@donald.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Jerry Whelan) writes: > With the new NeXTs supporting both thin and twisted pair >ethernet it would seem a reasonable to ask if both ports can be >simultaneously active. Can I use a new NeXT to link a thinwire >network to a twisted pair net? No. > Oh, and how about those educational prices? What are we looking >at for a base NeXTstation slab? Ut-Austin's Micro store charges $3370 for a NextStation 105/8. Pretty f*ckin cheap! Chris -- "Stab it and steer!" -- Chris Whatley - Research Systems Administrator UT-Austin Mathematics E-mail: chari@math.utexas.edu (NeXT) Ph: (O):512/471-7711 (H):512/499-0475
eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) (09/21/90)
In article <9453@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> whelan@donald.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Jerry Whelan) writes: > With the new NeXTs supporting both thin and twisted pair >ethernet it would seem a reasonable to ask if both ports can be >simultaneously active. Can I use a new NeXT to link a thinwire >network to a twisted pair net? The answer from last night's BaNG meeting/demonstration was "no." > Oh, and how about those educational prices? What are we looking >at for a base NeXTstation slab? It lists for $4995, I don't know of any ed. sites getting less than a 30% discount. (Last night) Someone asked how much students would have to pay (given the horrendous markups some schools tack on), and a rep from UCLA gave their price. All I can say is, I wouldn't be surprised if you-know-who's sales took a nosedive. Personally, I wouldn't get one without the optional 340MB internal drive (and the full software release), but the price is still well within range of people who would otherwise buy you-know-whats from you-know-who. -=EPS=-