Subject: Re: SPARCstation 5 devices
To: Andy Ball <andy.ball@earthlink.net>
From: Christian Smith <csmith@micromuse.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 05/19/2004 16:21:05
On Wed, 19 May 2004, Andy Ball wrote:

>
>Hello Chris,
>
>   CA> Just the same like with these older PC-style NICs that
>     > also had AUI, BNC and TP connectors, but actually only
>     > one transeiver.
>
>Or several transceivers connected to the same network chip,
>but I know what you mean: you choose one media and can't use
>several at once.  I should probably keep my eye out for an
>SBus network card then, just in case I ever need to use a
>SPARCstation as a firewall or router.

They can be had for pennies on ebay, usually in combination with an
extra SCSI interface. A quick check:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=20327&item=5700299246&rd=1

There, literally a single cent (+P&P) and it could be yours.

>
>Thanks,
>   - Andy Ball
>

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