Subj : Networking my Vintage Homelab
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Orphan
Date : Mon Dec 04 2023 12:57:37


   Hello poindexter!

01 Dec 23 08:03, you wrote to me:

 pF> The cards were some sort of proprietary protocol that ran over coax
 pF> with terminators, like ethernet. Where Ethernet was 10mbps, LANtastic
 pF> was something like 2 mbps, which was sufficient for DOS networking,
 pF> printer sharing and so on.

Yes I remember that. I did not have numbers in my head of how fast it was, but comparing to nowadays its amazing how things have changed.

 pF> Fast forward 30 years and I've got gigabit networking in my house...

Yeah me too.. which is amazing

Regards
Orphan


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