On 6/25/21 2:07 AM, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote:
Hello folks,
Hi,
A random conversation on twitter yesterday lead me to discovering
an old 1980s LAN technology called INFAPLUG.
Would you mind sharing link(s) to said conversation? It sounds like one
I'd like to learn from / maybe be part of.
This was a serial LAN hooked up via a PC serial port at 9600 baud to a
’smart plug’ the size of a wall wart. This plug contained all the
smarts and hooked into the coax backbone. There were boards available
for VAX amongst other things so I’m amazed I’d never heard of it.
Interesting.
Has anyone else?
I have not.
A small writeup is here:
https://archive.org/details/lansexplainedgui00curr/page/64/mode/2up?q=infaplug
~grumble~grumble~grumble~there goes $14~grumble~grumble~grumble~
I'll read the rest of that chapter once my (new old stock) copy of LANs
explained arrives. -- I might even be persuaded to transcribe the
subsequent page / pertinent parts if there is interest.
I don't actually /blame/ you for sharing the link Adrian. Well, maybe
--><-- this much. ;-) My predilection for for old computer /
networking technology is /my/ problem. And my pocket book's problem,
but that's a different story.
Aside: I opted for the (purportedly) new copy that was available via an
Amazon seller for ~9 + ~4 S&H. Why not? It's not that much more than a
used copy.
Cheers!
~grumble~WAVE!!!
Thank you for sharing Adrian.
P.S. I'm serious about wanting to check out the Twitter conversation.
--
Grant. . . .
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