pLAN          parallel-port LAN interfaces, 802.3, .5, and Arcnet
IQ Demonstrates Parallel Port LAN Adapters
 
Microbytes Daily News Service
Copyright (c) 1989, McGraw-Hill, Inc.
The pLAN is a laptop to LAN interface that lets you use your
parallel port as the networking port for Ethernet, Arcnet, or
Token Ring networking.
 
The Arcnet and Ethernet versions, both measuring 6 by 5 by 1.5
inches, include Novell NetWare 286 drivers and are compatible
with thin or thick coaxial cabling. As an option, the Ethernet
box includes Intel's 82560 and 82590 chips for unshielded twisted
pair wiring with 10baseT compatible concentrators. But
concentrators from Synoptics and David Systems don't use these
chips, making pLAN incompatible with the most widely used
concentrators. The Token Ring box, 8 by 7 by 2 inches, includes a
driver for IBM PC Net.
 
Each model also features automatic device driver configuration,
LED diagnostic/status indicators. Cables are purchased
separately.
 
Price: Arcnet, $595; Ethernet, $695; Token Ring, $950.
 
Contact: IQ Technologies, Inc., 11811 N.E. First St., Suite 201,
Bellevue, WA 98005, (206) 451-0232.
 
                              --- Roger K. Adams
 
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