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From: smith@COS.COM (Steve Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Special reward for Ethernet xceiver cable designer
Message-ID: <427@cos.COM>
Date: Wed, 2-Sep-87 14:17:59 EDT
Article-I.D.: cos.427
Posted: Wed Sep  2 14:17:59 1987
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References: <44078@beno.seismo.CSS.GOV>
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Organization: Corporation for Open Systems, McLean, VA
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In article <44078@beno.seismo.CSS.GOV> mo@seismo.CSS.GOV (Mike O'Dell) writes:

>I suspect that many of you out there share my belief that
>if there is in fact any justice in this world, there is
>a special place in Hell reserved for the person who
>design the bloody clip which is claimed to hold a
>transciever cable in place at either end.

>This is certainly one of the worst industrial designs
>ever conceived and sets some kind of new record
>for the damage done by standards committees.

>So, with my speen appropriately vented, does anyone
>out there have any good suggestions for dealing with
>these rotten blighters??

For the tranciever end, the most common solution is a couple of big
tiewraps going around the tranceiver, and, possibly, around the tap as
well.  They should cross in the middle of the tranceiver.

For the other end, I haven't a clue.  Let me know when you find a way!
Occasionally, you can find enough room to sneak a tiewrap through (like
on a VME bus board) but not often enough.  Usually, all you can see is a
blank panel with a connector in the middle of it.

A member of the IEEE 802.3 committee has told me that he considers that
connector to be the biggest mistake they've ever made.

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