31 Aug
2018
31 Aug
'18
12:07 p.m.
Yeah, I forget what the original allowed length was for drop cables, but I
seem to remember it striking me as quite long! A few feet of CAT5 (or even
better, STP) has a lot of wiggle room :P
Thanks,
Jonathan
On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 3:08 PM Paul Koning <paulkoning at comcast.net> wrote:
On Aug 31, 2018, at 2:45 PM, systems_glitch
<systems.glitch at gmail.com>
wrote:
Yeah, you can make up your own AUI cables with less-than-spec wire and
get away
with it no problem, but I was referring to NOS premade AUI cables
being a limited resource.
I've made them with DA15s and CAT5 cable before, and it works for short
runs.
That figures; the impedance is not quite the same but close enough (78
ohms vs. 100) and AUI cable is supposed to be shielded. But there should
be a fair amount of margin.
paul