9 Jan
2008
9 Jan
'08
4:52 a.m.
[...] 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?).
No. The DEQNA is a Q-bus Ethernet card. (I don't remember DEC's name
for their AUI hub, but I know the DEQNA.)
Youngsters out there should be grateful they don't
have to wire their
home machines together with thick-wire...
Aye. Thicknet was difficult to run and (at least in my exprience) the
transceiver/cable connection was horribly finicky.
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