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

[systems_glitch]

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:

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> > 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
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