Last time I looked a 100Mbit Lan card (A5488A 100Base-TX High Speed Network
)
went for $1750 new, and much less used. The software for Tier 4 machines
was $1550, more for bigger boxes.

When ftping between HP3000s, I can get about 1mb a second over the
internal 10mb interface, and up to 3mb a second on the 100mbit
card, all other things being equal. However, the HP939/020 I
was transferring to may have been the limiting factor.

It is probably a good investment if you have more than modest
lan requirements. You need it if a 10mbit card is not fast enough,
or if you want more than one lan interface to be active!

-----Original Message-----
From: Donna Garverick [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 10:38 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] 100 Base T Question

i'm sorry, should have asked my question better....  it was intended to be
more
rhetorical...more broad...not specifically aimed at you.  the reason i asked
was
when i asked hp *why* a person might want to upgrade(?) to a 100bt card,
they
couldn't tell me. <sigh>          - d



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