Date   : Fri, 19 Jun 1992 15:40:02 BST
From   : I Stephenson <ian@...>
Subject: EtherNet

Having got a number of machines, and second processors, and hoping to  
aquire a hard disc in the near future:

How dificult/expensive would it be to set up an ethernet?

Whats the cost per machine these days?
Do I realy need two active terminators, costing silly amount of  
money?
What about the clock signal?

What is performance like compared to local discs, when the network is  
lightly loaded?

Basicaly would it be silly to place my hard disc on a file server,  
and access it accros then net, when there is only likely to be a  
single user at any one time. (NFS's file protection is a  
consideration here - other people may use the system too, an I'd like  
to be able to protect files).

Ian