dan 💾It’s a nice day. Work is in a hurry-up-and-wait phase. Let’s try getting AppleTalk running over barbed wire again!
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This time round I’ve hacked a phone cable in half and soldered alligator clips to the other sides so we get a decent connection to the fence. #LiveLaughLocalTalk #GlobalTalk #RetroComputing
IT WORKS! AppleTalk over barbed wire fence is a go! :D
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Miguel Arroz@billgoats That is awesome! 😄 I wasn't actually expecting it to work due to all the signal reflections on the wires, but maybe they are so long that the reflections don't get back with enough power to cause problems. Excellent! 😁
@arroz I didn't get a chance to actually test speeds or rubustness or anything, because the UPS dies way too quickly... something to discover another time, when I've got a long extension cable, or something!
@billgoats Too bad those laptops don't have working batteries any more! 😄 But still awesome! Next step, Bolo over barbed wire.
@arroz I know... I've occasionally toyed with the idea of rebuilding the 1400’s battery, but always end up a bit overwhelmed when it comes to actually ordering replacement cells... there are so many ever-so-slightly-different cell sizes and types :S
@billgoats Yeah, and it's something that, if gone wrong, has the potential to burn down your place. Batteries and CRTs are the two things I keep away from, since I don't know what I'm doing well enough.