From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: To: 9fans@9fans.net Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:36:15 +0200 From: lucio@proxima.alt.za In-Reply-To: <7381af72efb48250b5948a9d12cd3e4d@quintile.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] arcnet Topicbox-Message-UUID: 1ca887b4-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > Not sure what you mean, but we run arcnet in bus mode (no central hub), on > 75 ohm coax with modified PCI cards using 75ohm terminations - 75ohm coax > abounds in TV stations. The cost of maintaining such a system must look prohibitive when compared with off-the-shelf products. And then you need device drivers for every generation of OS that comes along. I'd be at least curious as to how these costs are justified. I mean, I have tens of kilograms of dated network equipment, including the odd lumps of coax cabling, but no ways could I find a practical use for it, much as the community I'm in has no funds for more modern stuff, so we just do without :-( ++L