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Subject: Re: How is UTP fault-tolerant?
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Jazz writes:
> ...but that's a lot more manageable than barrel and tee connectors etc. ...

While not directly on the topic, AMP's thinnet tap system takes the pain
out of 10base2 networks. The wall jacks make before break, allowing
live disconnects, and there's only one cable and one BNC going to the CPU.
They use a special twin coax cable fed to a special BNC that brings the
center conductors together at the pin of the single BNC.  So you can
disconnect either the BNC from the CPU or the plug from the wall without
interrupting the rest of the network.
Jim De Arras