Re: Us old timers have seen it all ... in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r18504307 en Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:59:34 EDT Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:59:34 EDT Re: Us old timers have seen it all ... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18506510 Time4aNAP : LOL They didn't call IBM "Big Blue" for nothing! ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18506510 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:55:49 EDT Re: Us old timers have seen it all ... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18504307 dave :
said by Time4aNAP See Profile :

SNA?
Well, as it happens, I was a member of the software team that built various DECnet/SNA Gateway products...

(And IBM channel cables make original ethernet wires look positively skinny. I like to bore people with tales of taking a hacksaw to a VAX in order to get an IBM channel interface installed...)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18504307 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:38:15 EDT Re: Us old timers have seen it all ... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18503549 Time4aNAP : Seen ARCNET? SNA? ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18503549 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:40:02 EDT Re: Us old timers have seen it all ... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18499695 scooper : Yes - my first home network used 10B2 - at work, my first exposure was to the Vampire taps :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18499695 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:39:55 EDT Re: Us old timers have seen it all ... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18499470 dave : Ah, right. I didn't recognize the abbreviation (at DEC, we always spelled it out: 10base2).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18499470 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:07:17 EDT Re: Us old timers have seen it all ... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18498378 MrMoody : Ah, the Yellow Garden Hose! I've only ever seen that at a university. I had thinnet myself though, hooked up to play multiplayer Doom II ... fun days.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18498378 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:21:34 EDT Re: Us old timers have seen it all ... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18498256 DHRacer : He says 10B2, which was the Thinnet which used BNC connectors prevailingly.

It was 10B5 that used the thick cables that required vampire taps.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18498256 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:01:39 EDT Re: Us old timers have seen it all ... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18498211 dave : Which coax? ;-)

The thick one with the vampire taps, or the daisy-chained cheapernet?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18498211 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:54:28 EDT Us old timers have seen it all ... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18498175 scooper : I've been around networking long enough that my HOME network was the coax variety of ethernet (10B2)! :) I've also worked with Token Ring, as well as UTP.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18498175 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:47:42 EDT