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From: phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
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Subject: Re: Thinnet cable choices
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Date: 12 Nov 90 18:02:04 GMT
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In article <34770.273a9bb5@ccavax.camb.com> bruce@ccavax.camb.com writes:
|DO get Belden, not the many other brands that are qualified to DEC's spec.
|Little problems (like getting the foil to strip easily...) can become
|major pains with cheaper wire. The actual price difference is tiny, so 
|get the good stuff.

I want to second this. Belden is the best and the only cable you should use.
The extra cost is tiny compared to the secondary costs of using inferior
cable. Parts is parts but cable is not cable.

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