RE: [nznog] How Si cleans up his backyard........

-----Original Message----- From: Don Stokes [mailto:don(a)daedalus.co.nz] Sent: Monday, 30 May 2005 8:47 p.m. To: Blair Harrison Cc: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] How Si cleans up his backyard........

Blair Harrison wrote:

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How about.. anyone interested in an AUI -> BNC converter we just found in a box of old junk?

It's called a "transceiver". And I already have one (and thick ethernet too, an original DEC H4000 "battleship".)

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(maybe you have some morbid fascination with old and lossy networks?)

Thinwire ethernet (10base-2) is only lossy if you don't follow the rules (or the network is otherwise broken or seriously overloaded). Oh, and don't get me started about AMP-TAP connectors, "FriendlyNet" transceivers or other misguided attempts to make 10base-2 "easier" ...

Makes one want to drink beer.

-- don

I think I saw an old hub at work, perhaps a repeater, but maybe it was an old thin net ATM router, it has markings on it like PRI 1 but also has bnc connectors and also RJ45's... -- Ciao, Dave