Interconnecting classic computers

[Jim Brain]

Jules Richardson wrote:
> Andrew Burton wrote:
>> Why not wait for the WiMax cards that are due out later this year? 
>> Allegedly they have a range of about 30 miles!
>>  :)
>>
>> Then most of us in the UK can interconnect our computers, hehe.
>
> Now I'm curious what the *worst* network technology ever was... 
> (modern-day wireless Ethernet's pretty darn bad, but there were 
> presumably some real horrors over the years)
>
Dunno about networking, but when you get 'round to general protocols, 
let me know and I'll dazzle you with the horridness that is the CBM IEC 
protocol.  And, if that does not phase you, I can then relate how 
vendors abused it to get more speed.

Jim