| Title: | AlphaServer 4100 |
| Moderator: | MOVMON::DAVIS S |
| Created: | Tue Apr 16 1996 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 648 |
| Total number of notes: | 3158 |
Not sure if this is the appropriate Notes to ask:
If not, please point me to the right Notes file.
A customer asked if we support ARCNet in any of our systems. Does
the 4100 or any Alphaserver supports network cards for ARCnet?
Thanks in advance.
Stephen C.
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 572.1 | not likely | TROOA::MSCHNEIDER | martin.schneider@tro.mts.dec.com | Tue Apr 15 1997 12:39 | 9 |
They must be kidding ...... I'm not even sure if Arcnet is supported in
most Intel systems these days! You might check the Microsoft Hardware
Compatibility List (HCL) to see if anyone provides an Arcnet card that
has Alpha NT drivers. That would be your only hope. Clearly no VMS or
UNIX support.
Sounds like an opportunity to upgrade their network......
8-)
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| 572.2 | What is the customer/application? | USPS::FPRUSS | Frank Pruss, 202-232-7347 | Sat May 31 1997 18:03 | 13 |
Just curious, who is the customer?
ARCnet fans generally would not consider anything else an "upgrade".
My customer insisted on it as they required the extremely low latency
it could provide for their dedicated message passing using a homw-brew
protocol. This was about three years ago, so maybe they could get what
they need with 100 Mbit Ethernet today.
Of course, we couldn't do it, on either Alpha or Intel NT, at the time,
so they landed on QNX.
FJP
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