In article <1993Jan14.174805.18011@siemens.com> aad@siemens.com (Anthony Datri) writes:
>>- LX has onboard ISDN support, IPX doesn't.
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>I've yet to see a description of ISDN that doesn't make it look like nothing
>more than a bunch of serial ports.
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>>- LX has narrow/fast SCSI (max 10MB/sec), IPX has max 5MB/sec SCSI
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>I'm skeptical that this matters in a workstation-class machine.
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>>- LX has 16bit (CD quality) sound, IPX has 8bit (phone quality) sound
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>Complex sound on a workstation is little more than an affection.
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>>- LX has GX+ framebuffer (supports double buffering), IPX has GX
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>Unless the sunGX.o file that Sun gives MIT supports it, it's useless.
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>>- LX has onboard 10baseT tranceiver (but needs conversion cable
>> for AUI), IPX has only AUI (no conversion cable needed).
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>Which means that I have to pay for the useless 10baseT tranceiver.
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Geeeeesh. So buy the IPX!! It won't be EOL (end of life) for quite a while.
I'll buy the LX.
Big deal!
-- E. Mike Durbin Systems Development Corp. Open Business Systems, Inc. emike@sdc.com emike@obs.com
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