Re: LocalTalk cabling on the cheap

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From: Charlie Stross
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 00:00

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In the name of Kibo the Compassionate, the Merciful,
on 4 Aug 1998 22:43:46 GMT,Jack Campin
the supplicant <jack@purr.demon.co.uk> implored:

>What's the most cost-effective way to network a few low-end Macintoshes
>together?  

Um ... phonenet? Basically there are these adapter boxes you can buy
which let you convert from appletalk to bog-standard (American) phone
wire. You still need the connectors (and last time I looked they were
a tenner a pop) but the cable price tends towards zero, unlike the
expensive appletalk crap.

You could ask Mac Warehouse how much they charge -- see 
http://www.macwarehouse.co.uk/.


-- Charlie (who uses ethernet these days)

PS: BTW, if you can find some old ethertalk boards, I have some elderly
ethertalk cables and connectors you can have for collecting.

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From: charlie@antipope.org (Charlie Stross)
Subject: Re: LocalTalk cabling on the cheap
Date: 1998/08/05
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