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Re:The Promised LAN by nl on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @11:14PM (#44666506)
Also 10-base-2 [1] Ethernet where you always had to debug a dodgy terminator.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10BASE2

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Re:The Promised LAN by fyver on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @11:29PM (#44666581)
Or a shitty cable. Or the terminators were missing. Or both. Our rich friend buying a switch was a real life saver.
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Re:The Promised LAN by dmboyd on Thursday July 24, 2025 @09:04AM (#44670168)
Token-ring marathon
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