I've been so busy trying to get my S.O's little nook plumbed and wired so I
can get back to my stuff, that I've not taken time to do my homework. I was
fortunate enough to find a couple of cheap computers while out "thrift
shopping" yesterday, and I still have to figure out what to do with that
stuff. I'm determined to do "something" though. I'm not likely to become a
MAC convert because of my long-term bias in favor of the PC approach.
I'll figure out the least painful path to where I want to go once I figure out
where that is.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Finnegan" <pat_at_purdueriots.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: APPLEVISION Monitor
> On Wed, 1 May 2002, Richard Erlacher wrote:
>
> > See below, plz.
> >
> > Dick
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Pat Finnegan" <pat_at_purdueriots.com>
> >
> > > On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> > >
> > First of all, it's not necessary that the MAC be capable of the highest
> > bandwidth. I was just curious what's out there. Secondly, for a 5-6
staton
> > LAN, including servers, it makes little sense to have lots of
> > switching/routing hardware and a complex topology. Right now, what's
active
> > is one of two servers and a single station (this one). I get inquiries
about
> > the 10Gb and faster hardware from time to time, and, having not even
ventured,
> > in any sense, into the 1 Gb stuff, I'm just looking around.
>
> My point was that with a very small number of machines that are as slow as
> a 68040 or 486, there's no way in hell you'll even come close to
> saturating a 1Gbit line, let alone a 10Gbit line, so it makes no sense at
> all to spend the money on it, unless you just want to 'play with a new
> really cool toy'. Of course, we all know there's nothing wrong with that
:).
>
> Personally, I've never seen a need for anything as fast as 1Gbit, let
> alone 10Gbit. Not even Purdue, with the tens of thouseands of computers
> they seem to have, has anything faster than a 1Gbit line... and those are
> only in it's routing/switching core and it's connection to the Internet2.
>
> I'm just saying it's very impractical for most situations to try and
> implement 10000BaseT, or whatever you want to call it, with current
> technologies - unless you're Sridhar or something.
>
> > ... and what's an LC PDS slot? What's a suitable NIC that's common enough
I
> > might see one?
>
> Google is your friend. A quick search of "LC PDS slot" turns up these
> pictures:
>
> 1) a picture of the slot (the connector witout a card in it, a 3x6 and
> 3xalot connetor joined together):
> http://sites.uol.com.br/emersonwsm/ethernetlcpds/slotpds.jpg
>
> 2) a picture of two LC PDS cards:
>
> http://gannet.stockton.edu/compserv/ethernetlccard.gif
>
> Just find any NIC that says it fits an LC PDS card. Most major Mac brands
> of NICs (like Asante or Farallon) make (or should I say 'made') one. If
> you want more information, try using google, that's about the best I can
> help with.
>
> -- Pat
>
>
Received on Wed May 01 2002 - 10:25:00 BST
