>
> --- Gene Buckle <geneb_at_deltasoft.com> wrote:
> > I still have one of those huge H???? vampire tap ethernet trancievers that I
> > modified for 10Base2 that I can hook up to the DEQNA.
> > g.
>
> But does anyone out there use Thicknet at home? I have one vampire tap
> transceiver (and a bunch of 10Base2). I would love to set up a segment
> of 10Base5 just for the historical sake of it all. I suppose I would
> need at least one more 10Base5 transceiver to make it worthwhile.
>
Yes, I use it to connect a number of my old SGI and DEC
machines. I run it to a DELNI so I don't need to do cable
taps. Basically this solves the problem of trying to
find transceivers for all the old machines.
--
Dr. Mark Green mark_at_cs.ualberta.ca
McCalla Professor (780) 492-4584
Department of Computing Science (780) 492-1071 (FAX)
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H1, Canada
Received on Mon Nov 20 2000 - 16:30:44 GMT