Thicknet (was Re: BBS's)

From: R. D. Davis <rdd_at_smart.net>
Date: Mon Nov 20 21:19:58 2000

On Mon, 20 Nov 2000, Tony Duell wrote:
> > Do I have a point? I guess my point is I'm trying to get off 10Base2, why
>
> Hmmm... I'm moving towards 10Base2 and away from 10BaseT

Ah, I've never used anything but 10Base2 at home for stringing wires
throughout the house. :-) ...with the exception of a few close
machines connected to AUI cables and a DELNI-like hub. If I move to
anything else, it will probably be the yellow cable with vampire taps.

> For older (classic) computers, the bus bandwidth won't support 100Mbps
> ethernet, so you have to go with one of the 10Mbps standards (I'll ignore
> the original 3Mbps.. :-)).

...not even for a couple of machines on a subnet just for fun? :-)

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