[rescue] U30--thanks

[Katherine Strojny]

Joshua D Boyd wrote:

> Yes, but we have plenty of time.
>
> After all, don't you know that Syskonnect 66/64bit PCI FDDI adapters
> are cheap?  Don't you want to be able to take advantage of the extra
> fancy slots your Ultra 30?  All you'd need would be a FDDI <->
> ethernet bridge.  Like, say putting an FDDI card in the axil, and
> turning on routing, or buying a lanplex 2500 with FDDI card (BTW,
> there is lanplex2500 on ebay claiming to have an 8 port FDDI card, but
> I suspect it is really an 8 port 10baseFX card).

(Playing along...)  Okay, about how much would that cost?

My only exposure to FDDI was ordering it for a couple of HP T520s in ~1996,
and I forget the integer in front of the 3 zeros but the cost was
prohibitive enough that it never, ever occurred to me that I might want to
run it at home.  (Er, before falling under the influence of this list,
anyway.)

When I look at my other systems (not good FDDI candidates, I think) and my
ISP connection for the next few months (POTS), the only reason I could see
for doing FDDI on the U30 would be for the fun of it.  Another factor here
is that I've been gypsying around a lot ... 802.11a|b tends to be the most
appealing option when I think about setup/takedown.

But please, set me straight.  :)

-k