[PLUG-TALK] ultra low cost network for personal computers

Michael Rasmussen michael at jamhome.us
Tue Aug 19 18:41:39 UTC 2014


Well maybe not anymore, what with the lack of serial ports on modern
machines.

http://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1981-10/1981_10_BYTE_06-10_Local_Networks#page/n51/mode/2up

Byte Magazine October 1981.
"But with as little as one diode per port, two resistors for the ends and
a 12-volt source you can turn RS-232 into ULCNET, the Ultra-Low_Cost
Network."

The fun quote from the article introduction is
"a recruiter from the giant Xmumblex Corp, who took a young graduate aside
and whispered, "I have just one word for you: networks."


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    Michael Rasmussen
  Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity




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