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Date:      Thu, 1 Aug 1996 13:16:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Veggy Vinny <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
To:        Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Lamb.net>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Question about Cisco 2503i price
Message-ID:  <Pine.PTX.3.95.960801131456.20162z-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <199608012003.NAA29634@Gatekeeper.Lamb.net>

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On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Ulf Zimmermann wrote:

> > On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Dennis wrote:
> > 
> > > 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
> > > 
> > > ........you'll also need the cisco mem upgrade to do anything useful......
> > 
> > 	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...
> > 
> Not completly true. The AP-EC (1 sync serial, 1 Ethernet, 1 async port for 
> config and com port emulation) is list price $695. You need the software
> for it too, which is $1000 list price. or the AP-EBC card which uses
> 2 ISA slots and has 1 sync serial and 1 ISDN BRI extra for a list of $1195
> plus software again.

	I think that's only if you buy retail... We get it through Pacific
Bell's CalREN (California Research and Education Network) for $450 with
the Cisco Software revision 10.2 and the 4 megs of RAM...

Vince






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