Hello Neil!
On Fri 30 Jan 1998 at 07:15 you wrote the following to Will Hargrave:
 WH>>>> Arcnet is very robust. It's not inherently unreliable.
 NC>>> It's still  generally a co-ax.
 WH>> Yes, but any old coax will work over short distances....
 NC> I've never seen a coax fail in the middle. I've seen dozens that fail
 NC> at the ends.
I've seen coax fail in the middle when it was shut in a door.... ;-)
 NC>>> Do what I'm doing. Go to 16meg Token ring. =o)
 WH>> Apparently Arcnet was available in 100mbits???
 NC> Pass. I know IBM are working on kilobit TR. Whoosh.
I looked at the Arcnet specs, and it will go for miles, especially the 
twisted pair variety. Low speed backbone, anyone? ;-)
 WH>> Depends a lot on usage, I would think.
 NC> 3 or 4 PCs. IBM 16/4 ISA cards. AT&T Cat 5 wiring (No rubbish here
 NC> matey), vs 3Com Combo cards and a rough bit of coax I put in.
No reason why the token ring shouldn't technically win I suppose.
But on a cost basis? :-(
 Will                                        
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