Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!apple!netcom!jbreeden
From: jbreeden@netcom.UUCP (John Breeden)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Ethernet UTP to ThinNet device?
Message-ID: <13434@netcom.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jun 90 14:25:05 GMT
References: <30802@cup.portal.com>
Organization: Netcom- The Bay Area's Public Access Unix System {408 241-9760 guest}
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In article <30802@cup.portal.com> AMillar@cup.portal.com (Alan DI Millar) writes:
>I have a question about Ethernet on twisted-pair.  Is there a small
>device that will convert twisted pair to thin coax (not 15-pin AUI)?
>

AT&T makes a 10baseT (Draft10) to thinnet adapter (BNC). It's called "The 
Starlan10 coax adapter".

This thing is legal too. It's really a 2 port 10baseT hub. 1 port is twisted
pair and the other port is BNC (ie; it does signal regeneration, 10baseT
precompensation etc).

It's also backward compatable to earlier 10baseT draft (pre Draft10) product
(ie: you can turn Link Integrity on/off).

This is a NEW AT&T Starlan product, all AT&T Starlan product introduced after
4/90 (cards, hubs, adapters etc) are full 10baseT Draft10 compatable (new chip
set that they manufacture) and backward compatable to pre Draft10 (old AT&T
Starlan10, UB, HP Starlan10 etc).




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