On 6/28/23 09:40, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
On Jun 28, 2023, at 9:48 AM, Tony Duell via cctalk <[email protected]>
wrote:
On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 6:00 AM Grant Taylor via cctalk
<[email protected]> wrote:
Tony's email makes me ask more questions than I have (smart alack)
answers to. Maybe ~> hopefully I can ~> will learn something.
I was being a bit of a smart alec too. The point I was making is that
a bit of normal IDC ribbon cable is not electrically the correct cable
for an AUI interface but it won't matter over a few inches.
The correct cable is 4 twisted pairs with a overall screen (shield).
One pair is thicker wires than the other 3 and is used for the power.
This cable was very hard to get by the metre when I needed some about
30 years ago, and a full reel was several hundred pounds. I was lucky
enough to be given a couple of metres as an 'offcut' by a gentleman
who worked in network support. You probably need something like that
if you're makng a 1m cable. But not for what the OP is trying to do.
I did make up an AUI cable out of 4 separate shielded twisted-pair cables.
Just tie-wrapped them together.
Jon
