29 May
2005
29 May
'05
8:47 p.m.
Blair Harrison <nznog(a)jedi.school.nz> wrote:
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".)
(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