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Re: Serial!
Completely because 10B-T only uses 4 wires. Also, cards in the early 80s
used 4 conductor wire since using 8 when only 4 were needed sounded dumb.
Now people do it so they can upgrade to newer networks if they come out...
>Whatever you say.
>
>At 06:13 PM 3/1/98 -0700, Grant Stockly wrote:
>>It is completely possible to wire a 10B-T network with RJ11 wire...weren't
>>you the one that said not to post things you didn't know?
>>
>>>Not possible. Believe me.
>>>
>>>At 11:33 PM 2/28/98 -0500, James Hall wrote:
>>>>Worse, my school has all the computers networked but the network
>>>>connections LOOK like phone wires :P I can imagine an 'average' highschooler
>>>>jacking his 9600 baud modem into a 10mb/s ethernet connection (assuming s/he
>>>>can even get the plugs to fit!)
>>>>Also my comp apps (read lotus 1-2-3 for dos) teacher calls the network we
>>>>use (the network wires that is) telephone wires!
>>>>We call him satan tho so :P
>>>>
>>>> -James, N9XLC
>>>> -jrhall@infocom.com
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Ray Kremer <rkremer@BRADLEY.EDU>
>>>>To: CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM <CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM>
>>>>Date: Saturday, February 28, 1998 10:53 PM
>>>>Subject: Re: Serial!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I'm still trying to figure out who would actually want the internet on
>>>>>their cellular phone (that Q-phone thing), much less a calculator. I mean,
>>>>>we all have computers in our home or office already that we use to get on
>>>>>the internet, and classrooms don't generally have phone jacks so students
>>>>>can surf the net during lecture. (Though if someone really wants to do
>>>>>this just to see if he can, I'm not saying he shouldn't. I'm just wary
>>>>>of making all these "improvements" to what is already a fine piece of
>>>>>electronics.)
>>>>>
>>>>>>btw, if you have a modem connection you can hook up to a shell account
>>>>>>(text-only based) for using internet on your calc. or you can use a bbs
>>>>thru
>>>>>>it.
>>>>>
>>>>
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