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

Larry Brigman larry.brigman at gmail.com
Tue Aug 19 19:02:02 UTC 2014


Isn't this what Apple used as a model for their Apple Talk networks using
phone cables?



On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Michael Rasmussen <michael at jamhome.us>
wrote:

> 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."
>
>
> --
>     Michael Rasmussen
>   Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity
>
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