9 Jan
2008
9 Jan
'08
11:16 p.m.
I well remember linking VAXes together and fighting
with 2-metre loops of
thick-wire ethernet while banging those damned metal brick transceivers around,
until DEC saved us all with that first 8-port ethernet 'hub' (although the
transceiver cables were still a pain). (Am I correct in recalling it was called
the DEQNA?).
IIRC the DEQNA was the Qbus Ethernet interface, akin to the DEUNA. They
were replaced by the DELQA and DELUA respectively.
The 8 port 'network in a box' is the DELNI I think (I have one somewhere..)
Youngsters out there should be grateful they don't
have to wire their home
machines together with thick-wire...
We don't ???
[:-) of course. But I atill prefer thinwire to UTP)
-tony