Re: [Dorset] Coax 10Base-2

2014-08-03 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi James, two pieces of a special kind that plugged into a linear 4 contact slot in the wall (so old that Google cannot find a picture of it). Last bit you said sounds like an MAU for token ring rather than 10BASET? It does. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.5 has a picture of

[Dorset] Coax 10Base-2

2014-08-02 Thread Peter Merchant
Hi, I was looking for a bit of LAN cable today and found some coax that I doubt that I will ever need again. Does anybody have a use for it? I can bring it along Tuesday if anyone wants it. It's a couple of shortish pieces, probably a couple of metres long, and two pieces of a special kind

Re: [Dorset] Coax 10Base-2

2014-08-02 Thread James Blake
Last bit you said sounds like an MAU for token ring rather than 10BASET? James On 2 Aug 2014 21:01, Peter Merchant madsmad...@netscape.net wrote: Hi, I was looking for a bit of LAN cable today and found some coax that I doubt that I will ever need again. Does anybody have a use for it? I can

Re: [Dorset] Coax 10Base-2

2014-08-02 Thread Andrew
If it is 50Ω coax with BNC connectors then is is still useful for amateur (and other) radio purposes. However I won't be at the meeting... -- Andrew. On 02/08/14 21:00, Peter Merchant wrote: Hi, I was looking for a bit of LAN cable today and found some coax that I doubt that I will ever