1 May
2002
1 May
'02
3:25 a.m.
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(a)purdueriots.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)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(a)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
