From: Calvin Morrison <mutantturkey@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] arcnet
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:32:50 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJFUHyWS=Vt1fcQ3YztDwcpE1NhDVLB3Vn73dXYZ4uOpfkrWrw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1EEC25CE-C5D7-4BDC-BC34-787F84260EBF@corpus-callosum.com>
On 21 February 2013 14:26, Jeff Sickel <jas@corpus-callosum.com> wrote:
>
> On Feb 21, 2013, at 12:44 PM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
>
>>>> 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.
>
> rs-232/422/485 has a lot going for it, more so than usb. Well, at least
> until usb-optical cables become cheaper than copper, and even then you've
> got component costs that are more expensive. Moving to ethernet at least
> opens up the ability to use MODBUS TCP.
>
> -jas
>
>
>
Anyone look at the website? Kinda cool
http://www.arcnet.com/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-02-21 19:32 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
2013-02-21 19:26 ` Jeff Sickel
2013-02-21 19:32 ` Calvin Morrison [this message]
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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