on 7/7/01 11:11 PM, (Compact Macs) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I guess (and I am not sure) it is a phonenet adapter. You plug the previous
> mac in the net in one of the RJ-11 connectors and the next mac on the other
> and so on. It was used before ethernet became popular (at the time, ethernet
> was hideously expensive and quite unreliable) and is very slow when compared
> to it.
Yes, it is indeed a phonenet adapter. (*The* way to do localtalk
networking.) I have a whole passle of them in one of my many desk drawers.
Actually, I think they're reproducing.
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