On 06/29/2018 02:30 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: > 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. --Chuck
