Thicknet/10base5 Test Segment: The Cable is In!

ethan at 757.org ethan at 757.org
Fri Aug 31 14:45:51 CDT 2018


> Allied Telesis made a "multi port tap" that provided four AUI ports off a
> single Ethernet tap. I don't know if it was a repeater/hub inside, or what.
> It was much smaller than a DELNI or DEREP.

That totally sounds like the one located in the Cray. My guess is most 
people would hook AUI transceivers but they just run ribbon cables to 4 
boards then I think the 10base2 feeds into a BNC T plugged into it.

 			- Ethan



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