Re: HP 340 Networks

Joseph Webster (J.Webster@centenary.usyd.edu.AU)
Thu, 27 Mar 1997 14:13:16 +1000

At 11:33 AM 26/03/97 -0500, Emory University Hospital wrote:
>Hello fellow flowers
>I would like to place an HP 340 (PASCAL) computer, (this is the BD computer
>that runs LYSYS II software), on a network (NOVELL 4.1), however, my
>network has only 10-Base-T connectors and the HP 340 has only a coax
>(ethernet) connector. Does anyone know of a coax to 10-Base-T transceiver
>that works for this application??? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

There are transceivers available, I have priced them from Black Box and
a couple of other places.
You can now get hubs with 4 or 8 10-base-T connectors, and a coax BNC
connector on the back.
We bought several of these, they were cheaper than transceivers!

You might need a crossover cable to connect the hub into your network;
one of ours included this, another had an extra socket for "cascade"
connection that provided the same function.

Last time I asked there was no Novell software for HP Pascal, and
none expected.
BD's FACSnet software gives ftp file transfer capability, but as far
as I know can only communicate in the TCP/IP network protocol.
That means at least one of your Novell machines will need to be
configured for TCP/IP and ftp to bridge between the HP and the Novell
network.

Best of Luck, Joseph.

--
Joseph Webster
Flow Cytometry Facility
Centenary Institute


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