On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Fred Wright wrote:
> > The X-Surf is quite new and has both 10BASE-T coax and UTP. It's not
> > perfect, but it's reasonable value for money and has some expansion options
> > that may or may not be of use to you.
> Umm, 10BaseT is UTP. You must mean 10Base2.
Of course...
> I was hesitant to recommend the X-Surf until the driver problems are
> sorted out. Multiple users have had trouble with it, although others have
> reported that it works fine. I would guess that there's nothing wrong
> with the hardware, but that the driver still needs a little work.
> (Whether this relates to the NSDPatch problems I don't know.) When
> there's an MNI driver available that will become less of an issue.
Maybe it would be interesting to know the AmigaOS versions people with and
without problems are running. I have no problems under 3.0.
> It's not clear to me why people continue to include 10Base2 in new
> designs, since there are straightforward solutions to hooking up existing
> 10Base2 hardware, and it's rare for people to build *new* 10Base2 networks
> nowadays.
I'm not convinced of that. More and more people are connecting just a few
computers at home. By using 10BASE-2 you can save the costs of a hub, and
it can also save cabling if you have a couple of computers in one room and
a couple in another.
> The only reason I can think of is that, given the need to
> charge an arm and a leg for an Amiga board no matter what's on it, they
> decide to give you a little more for the money. :-) I'd gladly give up the
> extra 10Base2 hardware in favor of a second 10BaseT port, thereby freeing
> a valuable slot.
You mean two independent ports?
I for one don't understand why ethernet doesn't come integrated with all
new computers nowadays.
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