On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 12:31, Thomas Bridge wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 12:14:12PM +0100, Paul O'Malley wrote:
>> > Do not waste your time trying to connect it over USB unless you have
> > lots of time and programming experience, much better and much easier to
> > do connect to it over Ethernet.
> > [okay cat 5 but who wants to be that pedantic :) ]
>> If we're actually being pedantic, it is in fact ethernet.
>Thomas,
You might like to look at this:
http://www.thocp.net/timeline/1978.htm
the one true ethernet coaxial :)
This new fangled cat5 and cat5e stuff bah humbug (but you gotta love it)
it is not the original definition and that is what I was alluding to.
I was working without mail and web for the afternoon or we could have
had a great aul flame war.
I wonder if the mail servers are still as slow.
P.
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