SCSI Ethernet adapters (was: How much is a partial Lisaworth?)

From: John Ruschmeyer <jruschme_at_mac.com>
Date: Tue Jul 10 16:39:33 2001

>Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 16:12:04 -0400
>From: "Michael L. Drew" <mldrew_at_drewtech.com>
>Subject: Re: SCSI Ethernet adapters (was: How much is a partial Lisaworth?)
>
>Hi!
>I am not sure that this is the same thing....
>
>I have 3 NuvoLink SC boxes.
>
>They have AUI,BNC and SCSI on the back...

Well, they are SCSI-to-Ethernet converters. Though, in terms of drivers,
they are totally different.

>From what I can see, there are the following families of SCSI-to-Ethernet
boxes:

        Kinetics -> Cabletron
        Compatible Systems -> NuvoLink SC -> Focus EtherSC
        Dayna
        Farallon / Sonic
        Asante

What is somewhat interesting is that if you know the history of some of the
companies and how the rest of their product lines changed hands, then there
are at least two companies missing:

        Cayman Systems
        Shiva

For most of the Kinetics products, there are Cayman, Shiva, and Dayna
versions. The DaynaPORT SCSI-to-Ethernet adapter, however, has no
relationship to the Kinetics one. Personally, I've always wondered if it had
an ancestor product at Cayman or Shiva, but have never been able to figure
that out.

<<<john>>>
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