Well that's one way to avoid those narrow Wellington streets :) I would mention beer to keep things on-topic.. but it's only monday... *sigh* How about.. anyone interested in an AUI -> BNC converter we just found in a box of old junk? (maybe you have some morbid fascination with old and lossy networks?) Cheers, Blair Richard Naylor wrote:

At 02:23 PM 5/30/2005 +1200, Richard Naylor wrote:

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Paste this URL into your media player......

mms://l1.r2.co.nz/20050530/tinakori.wmv

Seems I touched a raw nerve....it appears the landing place of those logs is Andy's back yard.....and they operated all Saturday....and are quite err, noisy......

Seems to be quite a few folks with spare time - the server immediately picked up 10 viewers in that directory.

And sorry to the folks with slower links - only did a 700k version.

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-----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".)

...

(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

OK ... vampire taps, DEUNA's and DEQNA's that talked to it all, DECnet node numbering. Dave An (probably) older DEC Field Circus Support Engineer Graeme McDonald wrote:

As an old DEC network engineer this one has stirred memories, Delni's, Dempr's, heartbeat, SNA gateways (shudder). Customers who bought cheap cable without markings on it so you couldn't always work out it the tap was in the right place.

Time for a nostalgia thread or is that ramblings?

Cheers Graeme.

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

Blair Harrison 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

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