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From: bdale@winfree.UUCP (Bdale Garbee)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Thin Ethernet drop cables
Message-ID: <35@winfree.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 8-May-87 08:47:57 EDT
Article-I.D.: winfree.35
Posted: Fri May  8 08:47:57 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 10-May-87 04:53:31 EDT
References: <207@nih-csl.UUCP> <470001@hpcea.HP.COM> <6083@dartvax.UUCP> <907@oliveb.UUCP>
Reply-To: bdale@winfree.UUCP (Bdale Garbee)
Organization: Bdale's Berkeley Box, Colorado Springs
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In article <907@oliveb.UUCP> jerry@oliveb.UUCP (Jerry F Aguirre) writes:
>With a "T" connector you can unscrew the "T" from the system without
>interrupting service to the rest of that segment.  Of course the average
>user is just as likely to unscrew both cables from the "T" as unscrew
>the "T" from the system.

The fix for this is easy.  Two pieces of heat-shrink tubing.  It's not that
hard to remove if you ever "need" to unhook the two cables from the T, and
it leaves only one connection point for the user to choose from when unhooking
his machine to take home for the weekend...
-- 

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