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From: david@varian.UUCP (David Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: practical details (Thin <-# thick Ethernet)
Message-ID: <707@varian.UUCP>
Date: 1 Apr 89 21:11:55 GMT
References: <18167@glacier.STANFORD.EDU# <455@thor.wright.EDU> <4256174a.1b7ec@odin.engin.umich.edu>
Organization: Varian, Walnut Creek CA
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In article <4256174a.1b7ec@odin.engin.umich.edu#, stealth@caen.engin.umich.edu (Mike Peltier) writes:
# .... I hear rumors about a thinwire wall
# plate that has a special cable containing the equivalent of two thinwire
# coax cables, ending in the equivalent of a T-connector. It appears to
# be one cable with a thinwire coax connector on the end. When you plug
# one end into your workstation, and the other end into the wall plate,
# the wall plate automatically "splices" this thinwire extension into
# the network daisychain. When you unhook it from the wall it
# automatically completes the circuit, so that the network doesn't go
# down.
# 
# Is there such a beast?

Black Box has such a beast - they call it "FastTap".  See p24 of the
latest (Spring 89) Black Box LAN Catalog.  It's not cheap:
	Barrel assembly	$20
	Wall plate	$7.50
	Cables:   $90-$115 depending on length

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David Brown	 415-649-4000
Orion Network Systems 1995 University Ave. Suite 350 Berkeley CA 94704
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