• _stranger_@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      I think that’s for token ring. I remember using an adapter to plug Ethernet into a wall version of one of these. Massive things.

      • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
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        1 month ago

        So it’s just a fucky old school data connector? That actually makes some sense, given how old Ethernet cables are these fuckers probably date back to when ribbon cables were the standard for connections, like that bastard radio shack computer from 1979 that I have.