You left out a step: ThinNet coax, without vampire taps! That's what was at 3Com when I joined in 1985. I even have a section in The Big Bucks where I took dow

You left out a step: ThinNet coax, without vampire taps! That's what was at 3Com when I joined in 1985. I even have a section in The Big Bucks where I took down the entire company for a few seconds by disconnecting the coax. No one noticed.