University of Illinois (UIUC) still had vampire tapping (some locations) in the mid-90's. When I moved from being a research biologist to a sysadmin, my department had lots of thin net, Canary boxes, and protocol converters in a serious tripping hazard throughout the call center.
I still treasure my 3Com card that has an RJ-45, a BNC, and an AUI port (I also have both the BNC and RJ-45 AUI adapters, and yes, I know, the AUI's were really for the vampire clamps). More advanced setups had 10-Base-3 but with proprietary wiring. We had to go to one particular shop on campus to have our cables made. (The big 10-Base-T standard wiring conversion didn't happen until I was safely away from UIUC.) -- richard From: Guyer, Don [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 3:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Google Drive That is old! Bet people were "Vampire-tapping" back then...or maybe it was 4-wire phone cable. Regards, Don Guyer Catholic Health East - Information Technology Enterprise Directory & Messaging Services 3805 West Chester Pike, Suite 100, Newtown Square, Pa 19073 email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Office: 610.550.3595 | Cell: 610.955.6528 | Fax: 610.271.9440 For immediate assistance, please open a Service Desk ticket or call the helpdesk @ 610-492-3839. [cid:[email protected]] From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 3:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Google Drive I remember 8" floppies, too, but you couldn't fold them as well, because they had to fold smaller. But, they were pretty durable. ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker<http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market... On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 3:47 PM, Scott Schneider <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Your just a young'un. I remember 8" floppies, both hard and soft sectored. We used to have to change a pulley to get European drives to work in North America. There are CNC machines on our shop floor that can still read paper tape (we use an RS232 interface instead) :o) From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: April-12-13 1:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Google Drive 5.25" floppies were the ultimate in reliability. You could put them into your pocket, folder them up, and even spill soda on them. 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