"I think it's underappreciated for non-internet applications and doesn't even need a local network: point to point wiring is perfectly fine." In the 1990s I us

"I think it's underappreciated for non-internet applications and doesn't even need a local network: point to point wiring is perfectly fine." In the 1990s I used crossover cable for years with Apple computers that I bought for music production To keep the disk drives "clean", I never connected these computers to the internet If I needed to transfer files to or from Apple computers I connected them to a laptop with crossover cable I grew up using Apple computers that had no internet connection at home and school so this seemed perfectly natural I used computers running Windows 3.11 that had no internet connection, only LAN Needless to say, "Big Tech" companies like Apple are not what they used to be These companies don't really produce anything to be used "offline" anymore. Watching the default network traffic from "Big Tech" marketed computers and software is sad Not automatically trying to phone home is bad for the "business" of data collection, surveillance and ad services There used to be a different attitude toward the internet; there was less trust. I can still find traces of this in the archives at textfiles.com