29 Jun
2018
29 Jun
'18
3:49 p.m.
On Fri, Jun 29, 2018, 4:43 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org wrote:
On 06/29/2018 02:30 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote:
When I ran my mini ISP with 7 dialing lines, I used a punchdown block since
it was easier to bring 4 lines at a time from the network box to my
basement before fanning them out to the modems...
Still use punchdown for ethernet...
Warner
Warner
When we wired up two different locations for
terminals at Software
Results Corp in the 80s, the furthest runs were 250' or so. 9600
baud, from VT100s back to Emulex and DEC serial muxes. The long runs
were 25-pair telephone cable (CAT3) and Nevada Western modular wiring
products at the user and and in the middle (silver satin patch cords
and 6p6c jacks and receptacles). Total port count was over 50 to 4-5
machines and to 20+ offices.
That was a very common setup in the 80s. 25 or 50 pair phone cable
running through the usual wiring closets and punch-down blocks. Simple,
and something that installers could understand.