So for a reliable LocalTalk network one would need a router for every four devices? How did that compare to 10base2? It would be fun for historical purposes to have a 10base2 segment, as a great deal of my Macs have BNC connectors instead of RJ45. I would have to find a bridge, though. There is a cruft room in one of the university buildings, but I would have to get keycard access, and I imagine all the 90s stuff is long gone.

This thread really takes me back to when I was a kid and I was sketching and planning networks at home. A front desk with a Tiki Z80 computer where "clients" could sign in (connected with a Shiva NetSerial, I suppose), an office with a Mac in every room, and of course a LaserWriter and a Workgroup server. Of course I never put much thought to what this supposed business would actually do, and who would work there. My first grade teacher at the time thought I was messed up in the head and sent a worried letter home when I didn't want to roll around in the mud with the other children. Maybe she was right, and I still am! :lol:

Now I have most of the hardware and my own house, but the idea of running a 1990s office doesn't seem quite as appealing any more.