The Network
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Once upon a time...
At the time before there was twisted-pair ethernet (10Base-TX) and Cheapernet (thinwire i.e. 10Base-2) there was real ethernet or Thickwire (10Base-5) - better know as yellow cable.
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![Yellow Cable](https://olfp.github.io/computer-zoo/media/posts/8/responsive/yellowcable-xs.jpeg)
Straight along the wall
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![Four Port Transciever](https://olfp.github.io/computer-zoo/media/posts/8/responsive/transceiver-xs.jpeg)
The transceivers are connected to the cable with vampire-adapters, obliviating the need to rip apart the cable for attaching a new station, as this is the case with Cheapernet. Unlike the name suggests they a quite toothless. The spike, does not pennetrate the cladding to the core by itself, but you need to drill a small hole with a specialized tool in which it is levered to suck data.
On the whole a well tought out concept and operational save, which only was reached again with modern structured cabling. Unfortunately the yellow cable end at 10MBit/s so it will vanish from the last production environments sooner or later.