MAD Computer

From: Jeff Kaneko <jeff.kaneko_at_ifrsys.com>
Date: Wed Jul 15 19:00:26 1998

At 10:01 AM 7/15/98 -0500, you wrote:
I'll bet I know-- My MAD-1 (nee TELEX 1186) had a card with such
a BNC connector.

It was used for connectivity with IBM mainframes (3720 Emulation?), and
pretty much useless for anything else.

Jeff

>Speaking of TELEX, they once had the tan-colored 286 boxes, pretty
>small, with only a 3.5" fdd and a hardcard. They had a BNC connector
>emanating from the motherboard. Does anyone know what that was for? If
>it's a network card, does anyone know about drivers?
>
>>I once had one of these nasty little beasties. In fact, it was
>>a rare version that was badged for TELEX/Memorex. It used an
>>80186 CPU-- It was fast, at least to me, anyway (although
>>I don't recall the clock speed).
>
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