Comment on The history of twisted-pair Ethernet [video]Comments−zabzonk1yMy history with networking:- late 70s, rs232 terminals. well, it kind of worked. i spent a lot of time under the desk- early 80s, frozen hose ethernet - i remember not being able to get a sun workstation to sit on the desk because the cable lifted it off too much- late 80s coax ethernet all sorts of termination and other problems- 90s twisted pair and hubs - things started working as they should.- a bit later cheap switches came along, but still lots of wires at the desk- now, wireless bliss.- don't talk to me about token ring.But of course I don't do this stuff any more.−pcdoodle1yNever heard of frozen hose, funny.I briefly used "thin" coax before the transition to IP cameras, it was a basic NTSC signal into a PCI capture card. 12/24V was pumped over a secondary cable attached to the main coax (siamese)We were digital plumbers!
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My history with networking:
- late 70s, rs232 terminals. well, it kind of worked. i spent a lot of time under the desk
- early 80s, frozen hose ethernet - i remember not being able to get a sun workstation to sit on the desk because the cable lifted it off too much
- late 80s coax ethernet all sorts of termination and other problems
- 90s twisted pair and hubs - things started working as they should.
- a bit later cheap switches came along, but still lots of wires at the desk
- now, wireless bliss.
- don't talk to me about token ring.
But of course I don't do this stuff any more.
Never heard of frozen hose, funny.
I briefly used "thin" coax before the transition to IP cameras, it was a basic NTSC signal into a PCI capture card. 12/24V was pumped over a secondary cable attached to the main coax (siamese)
We were digital plumbers!