Thicknet/10base5 Test Segment: The Cable is In!
Paul Koning
paulkoning at comcast.net
Fri Aug 31 14:08:37 CDT 2018
> On Aug 31, 2018, at 2:45 PM, systems_glitch <systems.glitch at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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
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