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From: eric@PLUS5.UUCP (Eric W. Kiebler)
Newsgroups: mod.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re:  Appletalk Connectors
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Date: Mon, 17-Mar-86 12:13:38 EST
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There is nothing special about the connectors unless you want to remain
totally appletalk compatible.  I made one using phono plugs that worked
just fine.  It took the company I was working with 2 months to get
cables from Apple just so we could look to see what they were like.

Long story short, we used good Belden shielded cable, phono plugs, and
db-9's and everything worked just damn swell.  We only ran the cable about
25 meters, though...

Cheers,
eric

PS.  They talk about capacitance and resistance recommendations, and they
are pretty important on heavily loaded nets, but we had about 5 stations on and
had *no* problems.