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From: mwn@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Michael Nora)
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Subject: Re: Thinwire ethernet: Question about drop cables
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Date: 21 Mar 88 17:00:59 GMT
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In article <4491@june.cs.washington.edu> randy@june.cs.washington.edu writes:
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>I have a question about thinwire ethernet. Is it possible
>to insert a drop cable between the t-tap on the ethernet and the
>transceiver tap on a controller's on-board trasceiver? If so,
>what are the length limitations on this drop cable?

Yea, you can do that. I couldn't find the exact specification in the Digital/
Intel/Xerox v2.0 Ethernet Specifications Manual - all it talks about is the
thick Etherhose. But from expirenece we have made drop cables up to about
8 feet long and they seem to be working okay . . .
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