Microvaxen bits etc.

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_at_infinet.com>
Date: Wed Oct 28 16:16:40 1998

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> > Anyway, the hubs can fail.
>
> Not as much as 10base2 old cabling!

Amen. I had a problem with a demo of Amiga networking (10 years old - on
topic!) that turned out to be crappy terminators: the resistor was crimped
over, not soldered to the outside of the BNC. There was a plastic end-cap
that kind of kept the two elements in contact, but not very well. Two
good terminators later, the demo went off without a hitch. I fixed the
entire bag of bad ones. It's not easy to solder to chromed steel.

> > Since when have any _classic_ computers had 100Mbps network ports? Heck,
> > I'm looking out for any original 3Mbps stuff :-)

I've never seen 3mpbs stuff, not even for VAXen, but I have seen 1Mb StarLAN
stuff from AT&T (who also made 10Mbps StarLAN, a not-entirely-10base-T-
compatible twisted-pair cabling standard).

> Fibre! (real networking)

I've got two 10Base-T hubs in my house with 10Base-FL converters, linked
by a single fibre pair connecting the basement and computer room. The
upstairs hub also has 10Base-2, and is serving my older coax-only machines.

The 10Base-FL stuff is all going with me to the new place to interconnect
the house and the quonset hut, as soon as I can get my hands on some fibre
to bury. I might be able to get some surplus from a friend who owns an ISP
that just upgraded their NOC. They have about 150 feet left over.

Now all I need is some fibre-short-haul modems to back up the Ethernet.

-ethan
Received on Wed Oct 28 1998 - 16:16:40 GMT

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