Allegedly, on or about 15 December 2015, Kevin Cummings sent: > We finally got the thicknet repeater manufacturer together with the > X-terminal manufacturer together. Each blamed the other. Turns out > both were at fault. While the specification allows a 10% signal > variance, both implemented a +/- 5% from their own signal variance. > The result was that one manufacturer was -6% off the base frequency > and the other was +6% off. That resulted in a 12% variance, which > sometimes changed depending on how many cables were used between the > devices. Used to get that sort of compatibility issues with floppy disc drives; most machines could read the mass produced discs that were bought with software on them, but interoperability between machines was poor, even when buying the best discs that you could get. Likewise with VHS VCRs, playing store bought movies was rarely a problem, but playing a tape recording on one home VCR on another home VCR often had problems. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64 All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. Windows, it's enough to make a grown man cry! -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
