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Date:      Thu, 1 Aug 1996 15:39:49 -0400
From:      dennis@etinc.com (Dennis)
To:        Veggy Vinny <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Question about Cisco 2503i price
Message-ID:  <199608011939.PAA22482@etinc.com>

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>On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Dennis wrote:
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>> Your numbers are high (should be around $1600), but you're also getting a 
>> server for nothing that you can add an ethernet, or upgrade to 100Mbs, 
>> and it has 3 times the horsepower
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>> ........you'll also need the cisco mem upgrade to do anything useful......
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>	You can always get the Cisco 2501 on a PC Card with 4 megs of RAM
>for about $500 and just use any old 8088 PC since all it needs is the
>power from the slot...  As you can program it via the Serial Port on the
>card...

But the only thing good about a Cisco 2501 is its perceived reliability and "no
moving parts". Their O/S isnt so great that I'd want to put it in a
PC...you're much
better off with unix in that case....

Dennis
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