On Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 09:54:23PM +0100, Smelly Pooh wrote:
> > Last time I looked (quite some time ago) they were that kind of price. I
> > just had a quick look at Scan - 3Com's TA is ~ £300 but they have an Asus
> > for about £100, and as I was quoting the price of the Asus internal . . .
>
> 3com aren't exactly known for selling cheap hardware (although a web search
> says it costs closer to the 200 mark), it's hardly fare quoting the prices of
> the upper range of external TAs against the lower range of internals
Indeed, which is exactly why I quoted the Asus price, though I could have
been clearer - about £100 gets you an Asus external serial TA (£45 for a USB
model, which I doubt is supported under Linux) and about £30 quid gets you
an Asus internal.
Regards,
Niall
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