HP EtherTwist Hub/8: A Look Back at Early Twisted-Pair Ethernet

The HP 28691A, better known as the HP EtherTwist Hub/8, is a compact Ethernet hub from the early 1990s. Although it may look simple compared with modern network equipment, it represents an important stage in the development of local-area networking. The device comes from a period when Ethernet networks were gradually moving away from coaxial...