Early Ethernet Nostalgia...

[blackhaz]

Hi guys,

Thought I'd share my colleague's early Ethernet experience - if someone enjoys remembering those days.

Pat’s Memoirs – Bridge Communications ＆ Early Ethernet - BusinessCom Networks

As BusinessCom’s resident “old guy,” I’ve been asked to share some of my memories of networking in days of old. I began with facsimile technology, Graphic Sciences FAX , then moved on to early data communications A dollar a bit – big as a shoebox with everything from dial-up modems to...

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[chrbr]

Nice to see the stack of 3.5" disks on top of the CRT monitor;-).

 

[Crivens]

Yep, they wouldn't last much there.

And you had to resurrect those memories, had you? Just caught me whisteling a 300 baud handshake...

 

[SirDice]

Ah, coax ethernet. Easy way to DoS the entire network; Jab a needle through the coax and break it off. That will short-circuit it and it will take forever to find the exact bit of cable that had the needle stuck in it.

 

[blackhaz]

I think I've just seen the most evil person on Earth.

 

[CraigHB]

Haha, that's one for the BOFH.

 

[Crivens]

I think I've just seen the most evil person on Earth.

The most evil person BOFH blames the network problems on a lost network token and later blames the janitor for vacuuming it off the carpet.