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IT News<p>The Twisted History of Ethernet on Twisted Pair Wiring - We all take Ethernet and its ubiquitous RJ-45 connector for granted these days. Bu... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/12/30/the-twisted-history-of-ethernet-on-twisted-pair-wiring/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/12/30/the-tw</span><span class="invisible">isted-history-of-ethernet-on-twisted-pair-wiring/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/theserialport" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>theserialport</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/networkhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>networkhacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/10base" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>10base</span></a>-t <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ethernet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ethernet</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/10base2" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>10base2</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/5base2" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>5base2</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/3com" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>3com</span></a></p>
Willard Goosey<p>Got a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/3com" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3com</span></a> etherlink II, an 8 bit ethernet card. Gonna try it on the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Book8088" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Book8088</span></a> ...</p><p>might be interesting... if you set the io address to be in the 0x200 range it uses irq 3. if you set the io address to 0x300 it uses irq 2. These are your only choices.</p><p>I guess I'm disappointed. this card was made in 1990... by 1990 im sure it was quite clear that you don't make xt bus cards like that!</p>
Yaroslav Khnygin<p>Bought something I really wanted when I was a kid: a classic <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Palm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/PDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDA</span></a>. This one is Palm IIIx, released in 1999. It's powered by the Motorola DragonBall EZ processor running the 68000 instruction set at blistering 16 megahertz, served by whopping 4 megabytes of RAM. It runs off two AAA batteries which can last up to a month or two. The monochrome UI is controlled by a stylus, and it uses a simple handwriting system called Graffiti.<br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/PalmOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalmOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/3Com" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3Com</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/HandheldPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandheldPC</span></a></p>
Ron's Computer Videos🖥️📼<p><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/SHORTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SHORTS</span></a> - How Do You Get Your <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macintosh</span></a> II On The <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> ? <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/marchintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marchintosh</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/3Com" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3Com</span></a> <br><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/acKqgj1Ogh0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/acKqgj1Ogh0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
IT News<p>The Internet Without the Computer: 1990s Style - We think of the Internet extending to small devices as a modern trend, but it actu... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2022/09/09/the-internet-without-the-computer-1990s-style/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2022/09/09/the-in</span><span class="invisible">ternet-without-the-computer-1990s-style/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/internetappliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>internetappliance</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/audrey" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>audrey</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/3com" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>3com</span></a></p>