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Re: Etherwave:10BaseT networking made easy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ann Stunden)
Tue Feb 1 18:28:46 1994
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 1994 14:03:49 -0600
To: resnet-forum@MIT.EDU
From: anns@nwu.edu (Ann Stunden)
Cc: petra@farallon.com
Mark's right in my mind. This is not a list for vendors to market their
products. Is Petra on the list, or did she simply find out about it and
send to it? Does it make sense to not welcome vendors to the list if they
ask?
ann
At 9:24 AM 2/1/94 -0500, Mark.I.Berman@williams.edu wrote:
>I'm not used to receiving advertising vis Internet e-mail. I'm especially
>not thrilled to receive it via this list. So far the signal-to-noise ratio
>on this list has been quite high, it'd be nice if it stayed that way. I
>would assume that those of us who need to make these decisions are already
>aware of Farallon and it's products through other avenues. This kind of
>approach just makes me like the company a little less.
>
>Am I overreacting or do others feel this way?
>
> - Mark
>--
>*******************************************************************************
>Mark Berman Mark.Berman@Williams.EDU
>Director, Technical Services
>Williams College, Ctr. for Computing
>Williamstown, MA. USA 01267 (413) 597-2092
>*******************************************************************************
>
>>******* Quoted message:
>> From: SMTP%"petra@farallon.com" 31-JAN-1994 19:24:36.92
>> To: "Residential Computing Managers" <resnet-forum@MIT.EDU>
>> CC:
>> Subj: Etherwave:10BaseT networking made easy
>>
>> Hello-
>> As you're probably in the process of planning,installing or expanding your
>> Residential Computing networks, I wanted to make sure you had information on
>>an
>> innovative product for ethernet networking: EtherWave.
>>
>> EtherWave is a line of products which allow you to daisy-chain ethernet
>>nodes,
>> as well as add machines like Powerbooks and printers to an ethernet network.
>> For your computer labs or clusters, you can even build a small ethernet
>>network
>> (8 nodes) without a hub. Etherwave products are 100% 10BaseT compatible, and
>> they work with any 10baseT hub or network. The best part is they could save
>> you time & money by reducing your wiring costs & need for additional hubs.
>>
>> Etherwave products are available for PCs, Macs, workstations, and printers.
>> There are cards for machines with slots available, transceivers for machines
>> with built-in ethernet, and adapters for machines with no slots & for
>>printers.
>>
>>
>> Please let me know if you'd like to test EtherWave on your network. I'd be
>> pleased to arrange some evaluation equipment for you.
>>
>> Petra Jacobson
>> Education Sales Manager
>> Farallon Computing
>> petra@farallon.com
>> 510-814-5359
Ann Stunden
Academic Computing and Network Services -Vogelback Computing Center
Northwestern University -2129 Campus Drive North - Evanston IL 60208
708-467-2667 - 708-491-3824 (fax) - anns@nwu.edu
