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From: rdt@teddy.UUCP (Ron D. Thornton)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Looking for comments on the 15-pin ethernet connector
Summary: Use them correctly
Message-ID: <4852@teddy.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jun 88 12:58:13 GMT
References: <5047@videovax.Tek.COM> <1542@se-sd.sandiego.NCR.COM>
Reply-To: rdt@teddy.UUCP (Ron D. Thornton)
Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass.
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Many of the negative comments seem to involve Sun systems.  While the slide
latch is a pain, the fact that Sun has incorrectly assembled it just
aggravates the problem.  The slider is supposed to be attached directly to
connector shell but Sun seperated them by the thickness of the rear mounting
panel (on the 3/160 and probably everything else).  The connector shells and
pins do not completely mate because of this, loosing all the additional 
mechanical support you should have there and making the connection "somewhat"
flakey.

	-Ron-