I'm going to need a therapist if this nostalgia trip lasts any longer... There are things I had forgotten for a reason.
-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]>wrote: > Hehe, I got ya. > > Coax was fun in the same way that trying to get the LanMan redirector for > DOS behaving in low memory situations was fun. > > -sc > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 9:56 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: CompTIA certs > > I forgot my sarcasm tags :-) > > <sarcasm>Coax was always fun</sarcasm> > > My first large scale network was (IIRC) a TR network using STP. STP just as > much a PITA as Coax > > Cheers > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, 2 March 2010 10:07 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: CompTIA certs > > Coax.. always fun until somebody in the middle of the chain removed their > segment. > > Or it got crimped behind office furniture, etc... > > Then hunting down the failure was not so much fun. :) > > -sc > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 9:01 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: CompTIA certs > > Coax - always fun. I remember being in one of my networking classes at Uni > when the tutor asked how signals were transmitted down a coax cable (showing > it to one of the students), and he guessed "light waves?" > > Cheers > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, 2 March 2010 9:57 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: CompTIA certs > > I still remember playing network games using the coax network in the > apartment I shared with a buddy...and sometimes we'd be wondering why we > couldn't *ping* each other over the network and having to go through all the > network segments and checking the screw-on coax connectors. :-) That was > *fun*! :-) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 7:11 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: CompTIA certs > > Never did the Type 1 cabling. Just UTP. Haven't touched that stuff since > 1995. > > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 16:06, Erik Goldoff <[email protected]> wrote: > > I recently tossed all my Token Ring stuff in the trash ... > > > > IBM 16/4 ISA cards, Type 1 cables, 8228 MAUs, MAU activation device > > ... Now just memories, sniff, sniff ! <grin> > > > > > > > > Erik Goldoff > > IT Consultant > > Systems, Networks, & Security > > > > ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 6:57 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: CompTIA certs > > > > Yes - that's it. Proteon. > > > > And IBM, of course. > > > > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 14:16, Erik Goldoff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> "Synoptics switches (not called switches, but it's been too long for me > to remember the technical term)" > >> > >> Um, MAU and/or MSAU ( like the IBM 8228 ) > >> > >> "Token Ring cards from Madge, Intel and one other the name of which I > can't remember." > >> > >> Proteon maybe ? Even with their 10mb ProNet Token Ring ??? > >> > >> > >> Erik Goldoff > >> IT Consultant > >> Systems, Networks, & Security > >> > >> ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' > >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
