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Arcnet was really widely used-- in fact, it's still somewhat used in industrial control systems. Compared to Ethernet it was extremely robust and somewhat less
by nullc 4y ago
Arcnet was really widely used-- in fact, it's still somewhat used in industrial control systems. Compared to Ethernet it was extremely robust and somewhat less expensive. Although it was a fair bit slower it tended to hold up better under load.
I've probably still got some ISA arcnet cards kicking around in a box someplace.
- Suzuran 4y ago"extremely robust" is no joke. I once saw someone win a bet by successfully running Arcnet over a barbed wire fence.
- LargoLasskhyfv 4y agoHow far? I once ran 10Base2 over dozens of meters of twisted pair for doorbells. The ISA 3c509s just made a very high pitched sound, but didn't get extraordinary warm, smelled funny, or smoke. Otherwise everything normal. Worked. For a few days, until the 'real stuff' arrived :-)
- Suzuran 4y ago300 feet/90 meters or so or so? It was a fence running along the property line adjacent to two buildings. I remember there being enough room to park a couple tractor-trailers between them, so 300 feet sounds about right.
- LargoLasskhyfv 4y agoYou win! :-)
- AlbertCory 4y agoGordon Peterson, the chief architect of it, told me that he had a standing bet with his QA engineers to buy them a steak dinner if they found a bug. He didn't need to buy very many.