Microvaxen bits etc.

From: Doug Yowza <yowza_at_yowza.com>
Date: Thu Oct 29 17:22:01 1998

> > > You guys are both lucky. I inherited 600' of _bright orange_ (day-glo)
> > > 10Base2 cable that my wife will barely allow in the *garage*...
> >
> > Oh, my parents (who own the house that's full of my little collection)
> > prefer bright cables as they're less likely to trip over any temporary
> > cabling I happen to have plugged together...
>
> The first paragraph sounds familiar. Liz complained about the black cable
> snaking along the landing -- even though she finally got email and remote
> printer access out of it -- because it was "ugly black" RG58, as she put
> it. She wasn't at all impressed with a bright blue AUI drop cable paired
> with bright yellow thick ethernet. I just thought she'd be pleased with
> something prettier...

For your next aniversary, buy your wife a wireless LAN. I don't miss the
wires a bit.

ObCC: does anybody have a spare monitor for a Xerox 6085?

-- Doug
Received on Thu Oct 29 1998 - 17:22:01 GMT