[X4U] Re: X4U Digest, Vol 7, Issue 15

[Sean Collins]

>From: Philip Robar <philip.robar at myrealbox.com>
>
>  > Some of the ethernet capable Laserwriters used that bizarre Apple
>>  mini-ethernet connector, call AAUI.  This requires a dongle adapter
>>  to convert it to a standard RJ-45 plug.
>
>If memory serves this was not an Apple only solution, Sun and probably
>others did something similar for a while. It made sense at the time
>because NICs and the convertors for the various Ethernet cable types in
>use at the time were still quite expensive.

Phil, you're right.

I had forgotten about those coax connections, and I'm glad not to 
have to deal with them anymore.  I still have a dongle w/both RJ-45 & 
thin coax connectors on it.