On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, you wrote:
-On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, you wrote:
-> Yes but you can rig up a serial link (better yet a parallel link) with
-> spare speaker wire and get better than floppy speeds with out the floppy
-> inconvienence.
->
-Ah. Ok. I can see this....however, even standard telephone
-cable ought to be useable for an ethernet link between a
-couple of computers in one room (assuming that's what the
-original poster was talking about.) You won't get the
-distance you would with CAT5 cable, but it SHOULD work....
Most telephone cable these days is Category 3 so it should work
correctly with 10 Mbps just like real ethernet cable.
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Stephen Carville
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Operating complicated machinery whilst possessed of the
cognitive powers of a sea slug and the disposition
of a polar bear with a toothache is very unwise
