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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] arcnet
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:44:36 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1c796fa516a34db4215be350fe029d43@ladd.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <db29c7e2569f31a93cfc20fa1d1b031e@proxima.alt.za>

> > However, because of its simple, robust nature, ARCNET controllers are
> > still sold and used in industrial, embedded, and automotive
> > applications.
>
> Sounds positively anachronistic.  Thanks for the clarification.

and so is rs-232.  usb is the way of the future.  :-)  i say this with
toungue in cheek, of course.  old does not lie along the useful
axis.

- erik



  reply	other threads:[~2013-02-21 18:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-02-20  9:37 [9fans] [RQ:] SATA HD 2+ TB native recommendations Peter A. Cejchan
2013-02-20 10:26 ` David du Colombier
2013-02-20 10:45   ` Peter A. Cejchan
2013-02-20 11:22     ` David du Colombier
2013-02-20 13:04       ` dexen deVries
2013-02-20 16:57   ` [9fans] arcnet steve
2013-02-20 17:34     ` Matthew Veety
2013-02-21  6:22     ` lucio
2013-02-21  9:19       ` Steve Simon
2013-02-21 12:54         ` hiro
2013-02-21 14:16           ` Charles Forsyth
2013-02-21 15:09             ` David Leimbach
2013-02-21 17:39           ` lucio
2013-02-21 18:44             ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2013-02-21 19:26               ` Jeff Sickel
2013-02-21 19:32                 ` Calvin Morrison
2013-02-21 19:39                   ` hiro
2013-02-21 19:44                     ` Calvin Morrison
2013-02-21 17:36         ` lucio
2013-02-21 21:11           ` steve
2013-02-20 13:44 ` [9fans] [RQ:] SATA HD 2+ TB native recommendations Nicolas Bercher
2013-02-20 14:04 ` erik quanstrom
2013-02-20 21:27   ` Nicolas Bercher
2013-02-20 21:43     ` erik quanstrom

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