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What I always hated were those cards that only had a couple of jumper positions. Sometimes you had to change a couple of jumpers on multiple cards to eliminate conflicts.
And how does any of this make it better than today?
I remember having to write batch commands to bind protocols to network cards (NE2000 anyone?), being on my hands and knees looking for open BNC connections that broke the entire network bus, resolving IP conflicts when DHCP was simply not really used, or configure the comm timing for CSU/DSUs on T1 lines (Cisco 2100 routers?)... I'm not sure I would call those "good times" though.
What about using a 'core tool' to cut a hole in your ethernet cable to install a vampire tap? Make sure you are as close as possible to the mark on the cable that ensured that you were always the proper distance (in wavelengths) from other taps downstream on the cable. Ours was in the ceiling so all this was done on the top of a step ladder blocking half the hallway and having people bumping it.
It was a more organic time. It sure has evolved over the last 25 years. There is a nostalgia about it that I miss. Part of me wants to go back to it. Now it is so commonplace that the warmth and charm is gone. Maybe it is because it is so intertwined in everything we do, the novelty is gone.
My dad said it would be a fad like the CB radios were in the 70s. That prediction didn’t pan out.
The dividing line seems to be the "frames or no frames" period.
It's at this point that the CATV companies got into the act and ruined it all.
Without the cable companies 'getting into it' it wouldn't be possible to have the wide distribution of decent internet connectivity for much of the nation. Only by piggybacking on an existing distribution network that could compete with the phone system could a broad enough base that could lower prices to the point where many would consider home connectivity.
in the 90s, the Internet was like a independent country. Everything is so chaos, vibrant and personal. Today, you are bound to few companies that put their rules in front their users. The most sad thing is, people has forgotten that they are creators, and they don't need someone grant them that title.
And mostly what i hate about google and facebook.
Back in the 90's you had real privacy. The internet back then was like the wild west, no matter where you went. Most people wouldn't know who you are.
But now you can google someone's name and facebook mocks you with their policy on privacy.
<blink> ..........LOL That's not standard HTML that causes text to blink. Throw in some animated gif's, limit the colors to standard 256 color pallet, square corners every corners, put a menu on the left of screen and you have yourself a 90's web site.
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