scooper
join:2000-07-11
Youngsville, NC | Us old timers have seen it all ...
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. |
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dave
Premium,MVM
join:2000-05-04
not in ohio | Which coax? 
The thick one with the vampire taps, or the daisy-chained cheapernet? |
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DHRacer
Fire Survivor
join:2000-10-10
Lake Arrowhead, CA | He says 10B2, which was the Thinnet which used BNC connectors prevailingly.
It was 10B5 that used the thick cables that required vampire taps. |
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MrMoody
Carbon Based Lifeform
join:2002-09-03
Smithfield, NC | 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. |
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dave
Premium,MVM
join:2000-05-04
not in ohio | reply to DHRacer
Ah, right. I didn't recognize the abbreviation (at DEC, we always spelled it out: 10base2). |
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scooper
join:2000-07-11
Youngsville, NC | reply to dave
Yes - my first home network used 10B2 - at work, my first exposure was to the Vampire taps |
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Time4aNAP
Premium
join:2007-04-09
Des Plaines, IL | reply to scooper
Re: Us old timers have seen it all ...
Seen ARCNET? SNA? |
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dave
Premium,MVM
join:2000-05-04
not in ohio
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1 edit | said by Time4aNAP  :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...) |
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Time4aNAP
Premium
join:2007-04-09
Des Plaines, IL | LOL They didn't call IBM "Big Blue" for nothing! |
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