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- From: gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston)
- Subject: BNC connectors (Was: Re: How to network 3-4 home machines cheaply?)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.160613.19205@sci34hub.sci.com>
- Reply-To: gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston)
- Organization: SCI Systems, Inc., Huntsville, Al.
- References: <Bz88n7.KCx@ddsw1.mcs.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 16:06:13 GMT
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- In article <Bz88n7.KCx@ddsw1.mcs.com> karl@ddsw1.mcs.com (Karl Denninger) writes:
- [ while discussing thinnet networks ]
-
- >Yep. However, be careful with the connectors. The "twist on" ones at Rat
- >Shack look attractive, but have a nasty failure rate if the cable gets
- >flexed.
-
- Incorrect. Flexing the cable has *nothing* to do with it!
-
- Do not *ever* use those twist-on connectors. (Unless, of course, you
- want a bad reputation for quality of work...)
-
- Besides, the twisties won't work with the stranded-conductor cable (like
- Belden 9907) specified for 10Base2. Borrow a pair of crimpers, or use the
- solder style.
-
- --
- Gary Heston SCI Systems, Inc. gary@sci34hub.sci.com site admin
- The Chairman of the Board and the CFO speak for SCI. I'm neither.
- "Data sheet: HSN-3000 Nuclear Event Detector. The [NED] senses the gamma
- radiation pulse [from a] nuclear weapon." As if we wouldn't notice...
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