Subj : Re: Networking my Vintage Homelab
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Spectre
Date : Tue Dec 05 2023 06:20:00

 pF> They were proprietary, not Ethernet. I'm pretty sure ARCnet was 5 mbps,
 pF> which ended up performing as well if not better than Ethernet since it
 pF> didn't have issues with collisions. ARCnet was a token-passing algorithm
 pF> like Token Ring.

Hehe, horses for courses... Ethernet without significant load ought to be
faster than Token Ring. Of course as soon as you load it up, and CD and
resolution were a bit more ordinary.. Only ever saw the odd ARCnet card.. and
by the TokenRing cards were popping up, thin ethernet was already in use..
There's also meant to be an 8Mbp TokenRing too If'n I recall right..

I can only guess it must've been a pretty early version of LanTastic, I've
only got memories of the oddbod using it was NE1/2000's

Spec


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