Talk:Ethernet transceiver - Revision history

Jnc: Jnc moved page Talk:Ethernet Transceiver to Talk:Ethernet transceiver without leaving a redirect: second word not usually capitalized in generic term

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Jnc moved page Talk:Ethernet Transceiver to Talk:Ethernet transceiver without leaving a redirect: second word not usually capitalized in generic term

Jnc: Experimental Ethernet transceiver specification

2022-06-10T15:59:31Z

Experimental Ethernet transceiver specification

Jnc: DEC had nothing to do with the Experimental Ethernet

2022-06-10T14:22:08Z

DEC had nothing to do with the Experimental Ethernet

Vaxorcist at 07:27, 10 June 2022

2022-06-10T07:27:33Z

Jnc: There were others before DEC

2022-06-09T21:26:11Z

There were others before DEC

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==DEC Ethernet transceivers==

These are all DEC Ethernet transceivers. There were others before them. (The first ones I worked with were 3Mbit one from PARC.) I think this page would be better at [[DEC Ethernet Transceiver]]. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 23:26, 9 June 2022 (CEST)

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	:: We already have a fairly complete page for the [[UNIBUS Experimental Ethernet interface]], produced by [[PARC]]. I am fairly certain DEC never produced an Experimental Ethernet interface (the only ones that I think existed were the UNIBUS and [[Alto]] ones from PARC), so there's no way any DEC software would have supported them. I have no interest in doing a page for the Alto Experimental Ethernet host interface; feel free to do one yourself, the [https://xeroxalto.computerhistory.org/ PARC archives] should have documentation on them.		:: We already have a fairly complete page for the [[UNIBUS Experimental Ethernet interface]], produced by [[PARC]]. I am fairly certain DEC never produced an Experimental Ethernet interface (the only ones that I think existed were the UNIBUS and [[Alto]] ones from PARC), so there's no way any DEC software would have supported them. I have no interest in doing a page for the Alto Experimental Ethernet host interface; feel free to do one yourself, the [https://xeroxalto.computerhistory.org/ PARC archives] should have documentation on them.
	:: As for the transceivers, I don't know much about the transceiver (although I installed them 'back in the day'). Perhaps the PARC archives has some documentation on them; we did find the UNIBUS Experimental Ethernet interface documentation there. I am fairly sure some still exist; I think at least one of the Altos that are running has a working network connection. I would also guess that the [[CHM]] has one, and they might have an image in their online catalog (the same way I found the [[ARM10L]] image there), if so. [[User:Jnc\|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc\|talk]]) 16:21, 10 June 2022 (CEST)		:: As for the transceivers, I don't know much about the transceiver (although I installed them 'back in the day'). Perhaps the PARC archives has some documentation on them; we did find the UNIBUS Experimental Ethernet interface documentation there. I am fairly sure some still exist; I think at least one of the Altos that are running has a working network connection. I would also guess that the [[CHM]] has one, and they might have an image in their online catalog (the same way I found the [[ARM10L]] image there), if so. [[User:Jnc\|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc\|talk]]) 16:21, 10 June 2022 (CEST)
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		+	:: Complete Experimental Ethernet transceiver specification, including engineering drawings, [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/xerox/alto/ethernet/Ethernet_Transceiver_Electrical_Characteristics.pdf here]; Alto interface schematics [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/xerox/alto/schematics/216323C_Ethernet.pdf here].
		+	:: The CHM archives seem to be 'broken' today, so I can't give you a URL for an image of either. [[User:Jnc\|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc\|talk]]) 17:59, 10 June 2022 (CEST)

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	: I will add (resp. have already added) general information about Transceivers. Do you think splitting information about Ethernet Transceivers in general and Ethernet Transceivers of a certain maker would be better?		: I will add (resp. have already added) general information about Transceivers. Do you think splitting information about Ethernet Transceivers in general and Ethernet Transceivers of a certain maker would be better?
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		+	:: Yes. The DEC transceivers are a fairly bounded topic, and should be on their own page.

	: Could you please add info about the "3Mbit one(s) from PARC"? Do you know whether these were supported by DEC operating systems? [[User:Vaxorcist\|Vaxorcist]] ([[User talk:Vaxorcist\|talk]]) 09:26, 10 June 2022 (CEST)		: Could you please add info about the "3Mbit one(s) from PARC"? Do you know whether these were supported by DEC operating systems? [[User:Vaxorcist\|Vaxorcist]] ([[User talk:Vaxorcist\|talk]]) 09:26, 10 June 2022 (CEST)
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		+	:: We already have a fairly complete page for the [[UNIBUS Experimental Ethernet interface]], produced by [[PARC]]. I am fairly certain DEC never produced an Experimental Ethernet interface (the only ones that I think existed were the UNIBUS and [[Alto]] ones from PARC), so there's no way any DEC software would have supported them. I have no interest in doing a page for the Alto Experimental Ethernet host interface; feel free to do one yourself, the [https://xeroxalto.computerhistory.org/ PARC archives] should have documentation on them.
		+	:: As for the transceivers, I don't know much about the transceiver (although I installed them 'back in the day'). Perhaps the PARC archives has some documentation on them; we did find the UNIBUS Experimental Ethernet interface documentation there. I am fairly sure some still exist; I think at least one of the Altos that are running has a working network connection. I would also guess that the [[CHM]] has one, and they might have an image in their online catalog (the same way I found the [[ARM10L]] image there), if so. [[User:Jnc\|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc\|talk]]) 16:21, 10 June 2022 (CEST)

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	These are all DEC Ethernet transceivers. There were others before them. (The first ones I worked with were 3Mbit one from PARC.) I think this page would be better at [[DEC Ethernet Transceiver]]. [[User:Jnc\|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc\|talk]]) 23:26, 9 June 2022 (CEST)		These are all DEC Ethernet transceivers. There were others before them. (The first ones I worked with were 3Mbit one from PARC.) I think this page would be better at [[DEC Ethernet Transceiver]]. [[User:Jnc\|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc\|talk]]) 23:26, 9 June 2022 (CEST)
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		+	: I will add (resp. have already added) general information about Transceivers. Do you think splitting information about Ethernet Transceivers in general and Ethernet Transceivers of a certain maker would be better?
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		+	: Could you please add info about the "3Mbit one(s) from PARC"? Do you know whether these were supported by DEC operating systems? [[User:Vaxorcist\|Vaxorcist]] ([[User talk:Vaxorcist\|talk]]) 09:26, 10 June 2022 (CEST)

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