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Now some folks may say: "Why don't you just get a regular-ass #AUI like a #NormalPerson?"

1. Simply because noone but the most tech-masochistic folks want to deal with like #coax cables, #VampireTaps, huge #MAUI boxes and rare vintage stuff + overhead to get a slow & underwhelming network experience. Pretty shure neither @ncommander nor @TechTangents would either.

2. The few late-era #10BaseT-based AUIs do exist but they are long out of production and thus quite expensive. And if you are on #10Base2 or even #10Base5 good luck finding a still working #switch that isn't sold by a #scalper like #ersazza way above #MSRP+#inflation!

3 An AUI is just an Interface port / media converter similar to #SFP & GBIC and necessitates a NIC already inside the machine.

4. AUIs are not just long outdated but also way more inflexible, whereas basically anything from an #Apple2 up to the latest #Android-#Tablet can be adapted cheaply to do #RS232 #serial and send AT commands to a #Modem.

5. Twisted-Pair Ethernet is cheap, commonplace and still supported and pretty much forwards- and backwards compatible. 10BaseT will run on Cat.3 but also on Cat.5 and even Cat.8 cables (In case one wants to hookup a vintage computer on a 40GBase-T port for no reason but to see if the switch does negotiate proper 10Base-T.

6. Because it's useful...

7. as said before: AUI port would be nice to have but not necessary...

8. it would allow Network access similar to #dialup abeit without the need for existing #PSTN infrastructure like @c3isdn has...

Everyone and their mom has a #Wifi232 to get their #VintageComputer online, but I wounder if there's a #wired (#LAN) option instead.

Background: In my area, 2,4 GHz WiFi is so overcrowded that it's basically unuseable and also because Ethernet is more reliable.

I don't mind if it looks like a MAU but with like a unmanaged 4-port Gigiabit Switch for #10Base2 / #10Base5 - lookalike "passthrough" and internal 10 MBit/s port so it can be used to directly link units or be hooked up to a switch. Similar to FriendlyNet

So technically it's closer to a DEC DELNI than real AUI but if someone wants to implement an #AUI and even add a an AAUI adaptor cable I'm not gonna tell anyone not to.

L’ex-secrétaire d’Etat Nathalie Elimas condamnée à 10 mois de prison avec sursis pour harcèlement moral. L'élue Modem a aussi pris une peine d’inéligibilité de trois ans et une amende de 5 000 euros. Paranoïa, tensions récurrentes, colères froides et attaques personnelles... Ses anciens collaborateurs racontaient un enfer. Pour sa défense, l'ex-ministre plaidait le "complot politique". Les juges n'ont pas été convaincus...

I've found the vintage-modern modem we all deserve, but perhaps never knew existed. This is a modded board which supports 115,200 baud via serial to the host, connecting upstream to modern 802.11 wifi.

Fond memories of my Hayes 14.4K of the same design, running on a Compaq 486DX2 50MHz. With an upgrade to 8MB of RAM it was fantastic on Borland Turbo C++ and Ultima VIII.. no gui, no worries. 🤗 Teenage me never wanted to disconnect.

- tindie.com/products/retromodem

XEbook arrives at the Southern Amis Projects!

The most sought after modern Atari Hardware arrives at The Southern Amis Projects. Number 2 of 2

Here is what’s inside:

Atari 130XE
1920 x 1080 Display
Ultimate 1MB
FujiNet :HD, Modem, Printer, Network
Sophia 2
Pokeyman Max 4
Stereo Sound + Amp
5 Hour Rechargeable Battery

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