N95 subnet mask 😷Does anyone need a CentreCOM 210TS AUI transceiver? The case is metal, not plastic. 
#FreeToAGoodHome #RetroComputing #VintageComputers #Network #Ethernet #AUI
Kevin Karhan 
@webmink maybe some #legacy #Networking fans want some #MAUI / #AUI and other partd for #Retro-#Ethernet?
- If you have like a #Serial / #Parallel "#EthernetModem", let me know.
Pretty shure some #CCCamp / #40C3 attendee from the #UK would like to get their hands on the other #10Base2 / #10Base5 gear...
- Maybe take inventory on what you got there?
Kevin Karhan :verified: (@kkarhan@infosec.space)
Attached: 1 image Also there *used to be external #Ethernet "#Modems"*... - Like [*this one*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Accton-etherpocket-sp-parallel-port-ethernet-adapter.jpg) that can be found on the [History section](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet#History) of the Ethernet article on #Wikipedia... So it's not impossible to facilitate something like that. - Just a 10/100BASE-T adaptor connected via RS-232...
jjjacq@miodvallat @tth #AUI de mon temps c'était l'Association des Utilisateurs d'Internet. J'en fut même membre juste avant que le truc se désintègre.
tTh@miodvallat : C'est parce que c'était un avant-projet. Maintenant on a viré le U de #AUI. C'est le progrès, on y peut rien...
Society of SignsUiii, an aUI card game!
(aUI = the Language of Space, a philosophical visual language by Dr. John W. Weilgart)
GUT & KLIMA FREUNDEUnser #Versprechen - eine Tischtennisplatte für den #Aui in Sülz!
(Und ja, wir würden gemeinsam vor Ort den besten Standort finden)
Now some folks may say: "Why don't you just get a regular-ass #AUI like a #NormalPerson?"
1. Simply because noone but the most tech-masochistic folks want to deal with like #coax cables, #VampireTaps, huge #MAUI boxes and rare vintage stuff + overhead to get a slow & underwhelming network experience. Pretty shure neither @ncommander nor @TechTangents would either.
2. The few late-era #10BaseT-based AUIs do exist but they are long out of production and thus quite expensive. And if you are on #10Base2 or even #10Base5 good luck finding a still working #switch that isn't sold by a #scalper like #ersazza way above #MSRP+#inflation!
3 An AUI is just an Interface port / media converter similar to #SFP & GBIC and necessitates a NIC already inside the machine.
4. AUIs are not just long outdated but also way more inflexible, whereas basically anything from an #Apple2 up to the latest #Android-#Tablet can be adapted cheaply to do #RS232 #serial and send AT commands to a #Modem.
5. Twisted-Pair Ethernet is cheap, commonplace and still supported and pretty much forwards- and backwards compatible. 10BaseT will run on Cat.3 but also on Cat.5 and even Cat.8 cables (In case one wants to hookup a vintage computer on a 40GBase-T port for no reason but to see if the switch does negotiate proper 10Base-T.
6. Because it's useful...
7. as said before: AUI port would be nice to have but not necessary...
8. it would allow Network access similar to #dialup abeit without the need for existing #PSTN infrastructure like @c3isdn has...
Everyone and their mom has a #Wifi232 to get their #VintageComputer online, but I wounder if there's a #wired (#LAN) option instead.
Background: In my area, 2,4 GHz WiFi is so overcrowded that it's basically unuseable and also because Ethernet is more reliable.
- Ideally it can be powered via #PoE to enable #WakeOnLAN / #WakeOnDialin....
I don't mind if it looks like a MAU but with like a unmanaged 4-port Gigiabit Switch for #10Base2 / #10Base5 - lookalike "passthrough" and internal 10 MBit/s port so it can be used to directly link units or be hooked up to a switch. Similar to FriendlyNet
- Bonus points if it still supports 10MBit/s @ Cat.3/ single pair and 100BaseVG, but regular Fast Ethernet & #Gigabit Ethernet via Cat.5 and up is more important. (Maybe do like 2x #SFP ports at the sides and 1x 8p8c #RJ45 at the front ?)
So technically it's closer to a DEC DELNI than real AUI but if someone wants to implement an #AUI and even add a an AAUI adaptor cable I'm not gonna tell anyone not to.
#LAN232 #Ethernet232 #FriendlyNet #VontageComputing #embedded #Networking
WiFi232 Wireless Modem: BBS Fun on Retro PCs!
Oh-oh, someone might have to extend their wardrobe!
Merchandise found on https://auilanguage.org
Left: Peace Through Understanding
Right: aUI (Language of Space) logo shirt.
Behind The ConsoleSic Nic
The Cray Y-MP EL still has some issues with connections to the outside world. After fixing the battery issue, we still have problems to communicate via TCP/IP over the Ethernet. The Cray is connected through a Ethernet Interface card which has an AUI connector. On that AUI plug we have an AUI to Ethernet-Adapter and this connects
https://www.behindtheconsole.com/2024/10/16/sic-nic/
#VintageComputer #AUI #CRAY #Ethernet #IOS #VintageComputer #VintageComputerLabs #VMEBus #BTC