David Gillett wrote:

> On 26 Feb 98 at 6:56, Kylie Nielsen wrote:
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> > 2) Theoretically, how many NIC's can you put in a mainframe?
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>   One doesn't generally put anything that looks like a NIC into a
> machine that one calls a mainframe.  One is more likely to connect
> some sort of "communications controller" -- often as many as half a
> dozen of them -- to the mainframe, and these in turn provide various
> I/O connections.  These are medium-sized computers themselves; it's
> possible that some will accept NICs in order to provide LAN
> connectivity.
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> David G

  Hi again
Thought I should clarify question 2. What I really meant to ask is how
many NIC's theoretically can you put in a server. Sorry if this is vague,
but it the exact question we were asked to research.
TIA
Kylie Nielsen