[Info-vax] terminal servers etc

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In article <6f721b6f-7cad-4dde-aa72-627adf95dd88 at b8g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>, Steven Schweda <sms.antinode at gmail.com> writes:
>> I'd wager that the T referred to 10baseT since these
>> devices had RJ45s for 10baseT connection.  [...]
>
>   Which "the T"?  Regarding a DECserver 90xx, you'd lose.
>My DECserver 90TL does Telnet, but has only a 10Base2 network
>port (unlike that 90M pictured on Ebay).  Plus whatever comes
>out that connector on the back, of course, but I have no base
>unit into which to plug the thing.  Regarding a DECrepeater,
>I know nothing.

I was referring to the DECrepeater90T and *90FL.

What DECserver90M on eBay?  If the seller claims to be more than 10baseT, 
it's a lie!

The connector on the back is for connection to a DEChub90.  There's a BNC
on the top of the DECserver90L+/TL/M for 10base2 (thinwire/cheapernet) or
it can connect to other DEChub90 components via the DEChub.

I have several DEChubs -- 90 and 900.  I have DECserver90L+/TL/Ms, albeit,
I never bothered to use the 90L+s because they are relatively braindead.
In addition, DECserver90T2as, DECswitch90FEs, DECrepeater90FLs,DECagent90s
and DECbridge90s.  The DECserver90Ms will do LAT and TCPIP just like the 
DECserver90TL.  So, I think you are focusing too much on trying to devise
some meaning from the letters in the names.


>> [...] Lacking an official power supply [...]
>
>   Hmmm.  I see that for less than $160, you can get the real
>thing on Ebay, too.  Less than $10 plus a little fooling
>around sounds better to me.

What "real" thing on eBay?

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