Apple’s AAUI Ethernet Connector
When we think of ethernet today, we think of wired networking with RJ-45 ports and plugs. These connectors look like an oversized phone jack. But that was only one of several competing connectors in...
View ArticleWhy I Installed an Ethernet Network in My House
WiFi might be great for laptops and smartphones, but in terms of speed and reliability it is still far behind ethernet. This is why I have installed ethernet cabling throughout my house. The Internet...
View ArticleNetworking 101
Way back in the 1970s and early 1980s, it was rare enough to have a personal computer in the home, classroom, or office. Today it’s common to have several computers, tablets, and/or smartphones in the...
View ArticleSCSI Throughput vs. Network Throughput
1998 – Scott L. Barber does something I didn’t understand for a long time: he recommends using a Mac Plus or Mac SE – or whatever your slowest Mac is – as a file server! He recommends this for small...
View ArticleSCSI Throughput vs. Network Throughput, Part 2
1998 – I’ve looked at the theory of using an older, slower Mac as a server on a 10Base-T ethernet network in SCSI Throughput vs. Network Throughput – now on to the testing. Ethernet vs. SCSI on a Mac...
View ArticleThe Ethernet Alternative to USB Drives
1999 – USB is slower than promised, providing at most two-thirds of the expected speed based on its 12 Mbps bandwidth (see The Truth About USB Speed). But the iMac, iBook, and Lombard PowerBook don’t...
View ArticleEthernet Is Still the Best Networking Option
Mac users have had networking since 1984 using Apple’s 230.4 Kbps LocalTalk hardware and AppleTalk protocol. However, there was an older networking standard with roots at Xerox PARC (which also...
View ArticleLow End Mac’s Guide to Comm Slots
Adding broadband to Macs used to be a hit-and-miss affair in the 1990s before ethernet and WiFi became standard features during the second Steve Jobs era. High-end Quadras and Power Macs had a...
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