On Fri, Jun 29, 2018, 4:43 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > When I ran my mini ISP with 7 dialing lines, I used a punchdown block since it was easier to bring 4 lines at a time from the network box to my basement before fanning them out to the modems... Still use punchdown for ethernet... Warner Warner >
