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From: miw@uqcspe.OZ (Mark Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Thinwire ethernet: Question about drop cables
Message-ID: <1793@uqcspe.OZ>
Date: 7 Apr 88 02:31:16 GMT
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Reply-To: miw@uqcspe.oz (Mark Williams)
Organization: Prentice Computer Centre, University of Queensland
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I have been following this discussion with a certain amount of interest,
since it is always interesting to see what people get to work. We, too
have got a few rather dodgy configurations to work, but we always clean it
up as soon as possible, as our network is expanding, and eventually things
won't work. The more we play with the rules, the sooner that will be.
	One solution to the problem of drop cables (albeit an 
unacceptable one for some id the ThinWire Ethernet Station Adapder. DEC 
call their version of this the DESTA. It is a transceiver which plugs into 
the t-connector. That is, it is like a vampire tap that uses a straw. :-)
You can then plug a normal transceiver cable (up to 40 metres long) into
the 15-pin port on the DESTA.
	I realise that this is no comfort to those who have controllers with
only bnc connectors, but for others it may be of some use.

Mark Williams
Prentice Computer Centre, University of Queensland, Australia
ARPA: ccwilliams%wombat.decnet.uq.oz@uunet.uu.net

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