On Mar 5, 8:14, Vintage Computer Festival wrote: pencil, [...] the As Paul pointed out, there were other colours -- they just happen to be very rare here, and I've only ever seen blue ones. However, some of those blue ones weren't PVC, so perhaps they're low smoke/no fume (LSOF). I've also got at least two types of thick ether cable, but both are yellow. And several types of thinnet, including yellow and grey as well as the more common black. As Paul and der Mouse suggested, I agree that it would be worth making up a short flexible AUI cable. Cat 5 is 100-ohm, and ribbon cable is not far off that IIRC; you could use STP instead of UTP to get the shield (some Sun cables are STP), or just ignore it for really a short (a few inches) cable. Or a chunk of old good-quality serial cable should do a good job over short distances, I expect. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York