27 Dec
2010
27 Dec
'10
12:54 a.m.
On 12/27/2010 11:03 PM, Richard Naylor wrote:
Just above the AGS is (details forgotten) that ran the 64k circuit to VUW. A year or two later we migrated that to a 2Mbps microwave, using VUW as a hop to the works depot in Tory St, now a Te Papa depot. The link to VUW was a spare channel on the 4x2Mbps microwave.
It's a Vitalink TransLAN bridge -- which basically meant you could use an Ethernet instead of a serial port. IIRC, the link was 48k (because at the time 48k circuits were a fraction of the price of 64k). I think I have photos of the microwave dishes up on the Cotton building ... somewhere ... -- don