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   Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Thursday, 28-Mar-2024 02:06:58 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:
   @chjara BNC also mean annoying things like having terminators et the end of the links, but there were T-junctions so you could avoid needing a bunch of hubs/switches.
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Thursday, 28-Mar-2024 02:11:17 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @chjara Imagine effectively cutting the connection of everyone when you wanted to add a new connection… (or going vampire on a cable)
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Thursday, 28-Mar-2024 02:48:59 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @niconiconi @chjara Yeah, just that for BNC/SCSI/… the technical term of them is a "terminator".
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     niconiconi (niconiconi@mk.absturztau.be)'s status on Thursday, 28-Mar-2024 02:49:00 JST niconiconi

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     @lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me @chjara@akko.wtf All high-speed links need termination, including twisted pairs, it's physics. The difference is just that silicons are cheap enough to make "switches everywhere" affordable, so now every link is point-to-point and terminations became a "private matter" for transceivers at both sides, instead of asking your local sysadmin to manage a big public terminator per bus.