at the temporal coordinates: 1/29/02 3:47 AM, the entity known as Johannes
Wolf at jwolf_at_xe.estec.esa.nl conveyed the following:
> 1) via the so called phone net (the little boxes you mentioned with serial
> on one end and phone connectors on the other end)
> this is the poorest connection you can have
> 2) via LocalTalk net (also little connection boxes with serial out and on
> the other side the special LocalTalk cable and connectors)
> this is better then phone net
This is a case of "your mileage may vary". I always found the phone net
connection to be the better choice. The special LocalTalk cable was always
very flimsy at the ends and the conductors were always breaking right where
the cable entered the end piece, and this often happened after very few
flexings. And since there was no difference in the throughput, I went with
PhoneNet from then on.
- Eric.
--Eric Strobel (fyzycyst_at_NOSPAM^mailaps.org)
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