IPC Networking

From: Peter C. Wallace <pcw_at_mesanet.com>
Date: Sun May 12 11:06:39 2002

On 12 May 2002, Alex White wrote:

> Hello Again!
>
> I'm going to be getting the rest of the bits for my IPC this weekend, I
> was wondering how I could network it up without resorting to thicknet. I
> have a hub that Does AUI, 10-bT and thinnet, the IPC has AUI as well.
> The official way to link the two (female) AUI ports is two tranceivers
> and a thicknet cable which I can't be done with - I have been reading
> about an AUI crossover cable, with maybe a homebrew collision generator
> PCB...
>
> Any experience with this sort of thing, guys? Tips?
>
> Alex
> --
>
> My computer's heavier than yours.
>
> --
>
>


All you need is a AUI --> Thinnet (10Base2) or AUI --> 10Bt tranceiver.

Quite common and inexpensive

If you can't find one, I'll ship you one for postage..

Peter Wallace
Received on Sun May 12 2002 - 11:06:39 BST