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Re: New wireless NICs from Diamond

From: "R. Paul McCarty" <rpmc@troi.cc.rochester.edu>
Date: Mon Aug 10 00:35:17 1998
Newsgroups: comp.sys.wearables

Matt W. wrote:
> 
> At 17:17 6/08/1998 +0000, R. Paul McCarty wrote:
> >Saw this article mentioned in Slashdot about a new NIC from Diamond
> >Multimedia that allows you to network pcs at 1mbps using 2.4GHz radio
> >frequencies up to 150ft.  This isn't all that impressive until you note
> >they are selling either 2 nic cards for $200, or 1 nic card and one
> >PCMCIA card for $230.
> 
> Nice unit, but what is with the 10-15 degrees centigrade operating temp??
> With that type of temp range, I would be lucky to be able to wear it in
> winter, let alone summer. Is this card designed for Arctic operations or what?

That must be a typo.  I'm sure they don't assume most people play games
at 50F. :-j

-Paul
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