How Engineers at Digital Equipment Corp. Saved Ethernet

Re:How Engineers at Digital Equipment Corp. Saved Ethernet by wil421 on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @08:19AM (#39978622)

My Audio Video buddy has a very similar story. A school called because their newish PA system wasn’t working. Turns out the usual lady was out. The usual lady would rip the cord out of the wall every evening instead of pressing the power button. The stand in announcer was just trying to press the on off button like most normal people.

They ended up having to replace expensive equipment because the person wouldn’t stop ripping the cord out of the wall to turn it of.

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Re:How Engineers at Digital Equipment Corp. Saved Ethernet by rational_indian on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @05:14AM (#39988615)

I think American houses don't have a power switch per outlet like the rest of the world. The only way some (most?) devices can be turned off is by pulling the cord.

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Re:How Engineers at Digital Equipment Corp. Saved Ethernet by wil421 on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @11:08AM (#39991550)

Not it’s not at all. Do you turn a computer or tv off by pulling the cord? No, you turn it off by a switch/button or in the GUI if it has one. I’m from the US.

If you had a stero system at your house you would not pull the cord to turn it off. Wow.

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Re:How Engineers at Digital Equipment Corp. Saved Ethernet by Arrath on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @06:18PM (#39996297)

Some places/people have a concern (complex?) about standby or parasitic power draw.

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Re:How Engineers at Digital Equipment Corp. Saved Ethernet by pezezin on Thursday April 11, 2024 @06:23PM (#40007440)

European power outlets don't have switches either.

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