odell@buitc.bu.edu (Jim O'Dell) (12/05/90)
I seem to remember a company that offered a box that plugged into a wall socket and into the LocalTalk port on the back of a Mac. The goal was to use the electrical wiring of a buildling to carry localtalk signals. Does anybody know anything else about such a product and where I could buy such a thing Thanks Jim jim@fpr.com
bmug@garnet.berkeley.edu (BMUG) (12/08/90)
In article <70023@bu.edu.bu.edu> odell@buitc.bu.edu (Jim O'Dell) writes: >I seem to remember a company that offered a box that plugged into >a wall socket and into the LocalTalk port on the back of a Mac. > >The goal was to use the electrical wiring of a buildling to carry >localtalk signals. > Hmmmm.... Sounds like Rosebud. Which was one of the better hoaxes in the world of Macaphilia. John Heckendorn /\ BMUG ARPA: bmug@garnet.berkeley.EDU A__A 1442A Walnut St., #62 BITNET: bmug@ucbgarne |()| Berkeley, CA 94709 Phone: (415) 549-2684 | |
bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) (12/08/90)
From article <1990Dec7.195714.29990@agate.berkeley.edu>, by bmug@garnet.berkeley.edu (BMUG): > In article <70023@bu.edu.bu.edu> odell@buitc.bu.edu (Jim O'Dell) writes: >>I seem to remember a company that offered a box that plugged into >>a wall socket and into the LocalTalk port on the back of a Mac. >> >>The goal was to use the electrical wiring of a buildling to carry >>localtalk signals. >> > > Hmmmm.... Sounds like Rosebud. > > Which was one of the better hoaxes in the world of Macaphilia. It may not be so unlikely a product to appear in the future, though. There's a company with a name something like GE-Marconi that markets a device for RS-232 over electrical wiring. You need a pair of 'em, and they communicate with each other. I have the address around here if anybody wants it. Perhaps this will develop someday into LocalTalk over electrical wiring... -- Paul DuBois dubois@primate.wisc.edu "If you're not a docter, you're just pants" -- Ian D., age 3 1/2