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From: erd@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Ethan R. Dicks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: RS232 indignation
Message-ID: <4387@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Date: 13 Jan 88 15:21:23 GMT
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In article <526@nuchat.UUCP> peter@nuchat.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes:
>There is a company that makes connectors that convert from DB25 connectors
>to (I think 8-pin) phone jacks. The cables are symmetrical, so you can plug
>anything into anything. The name is something like Western Digital or
>California Digital or something like that.

Nevada Western also makes DB25 -> (RJ11, RJ45) products.  You can buy versions
for 4, 6 and 8 wire cables.  I used their stuff at an installation with a patch
panel with 5 panels with 8 groups of 8 jacks each (8 jacks @ 6 wires/line fits
in a 50 pin TelCo cable) --- that's 320 sockets to crossmatch from terminals
to ports.  The job was rather easy, since we had proper equipment.  I like 
using flat phone cable and RJ-11 jacks, but the rig is cost prohibitive below
about 20-30 plugs

-ethan




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