Re: Off-the-wall networking question

[salfter@salfter.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter)]

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In article <20010430030625.03267.00001424@ng-ff1.aol.com>,
Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>I recently acquired (thrift store) an unusual network device--at least
>one I had never seen before.  It's called a "discport", manufactured
>by Microtest, and it has an RJ-45 network connector and a DB-9F
>AUI port, and a DB-25F labeled "To CD-ROM".  It also has a couple
>of DIP switches to set it to 4 Mb/s or 16 Mb/s (!).
>
>Inside it sure looks like it has an NCR SCSI controller and a TI LAN
>controller, plus a few dozen smaller SMDs.  It was manufactured
>in mid-'95.

Just a guess...given the speeds you mentioned, it could be a SCSI-to-Token
Ring adapter (just as there were SCSI-to-Ethernet adapters, similar devices
were no doubt available for Token Ring).  Unless you have other Token Ring
equipment, it'll be more or less useless.

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