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- From: slendt@unomaha.edu (Steven Lendt)
- Subject: Re: BNC connectors (Was: Re: How to network 3-4 home machines cheaply?)
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- References: <Bz88n7.KCx@ddsw1.mcs.com> <1992Dec14.160613.19205@sci34hub.sci.com> <BzF3tH.BAG@ddsw1.mcs.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 23:01:57 GMT
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- In article <BzF3tH.BAG@ddsw1.mcs.com> karl@ddsw1.mcs.com (Karl Denninger) writes:
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- >In article <1992Dec14.160613.19205@sci34hub.sci.com> gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston) writes:
- >>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!
-
- >Sure it does. If you flex the cable you pull the connector loose :-)
-
- The other thing to keep in mind that if you have solid core cable
- that flexing the cable a log can cause some nasty fractures in the solid
- center core wire. A damn pain to find the problem too.
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- >--
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