Kenneth Ristau on Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:13:18 -0500


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Re: [Cialug] thinnet cable


Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> 
> I've finally decided that the age of thinnet cable is over and I'm going to
> dump a couple hundred feet of it.  The Yankee in me demands that I make sure
> nobody else can use it before I do.
> 
> For those of you too young to remember thinnet was a thin coaxial cable used
> in a bus configuration for Ethernet.
> 
> If for some godforsaken reason you are still using it let me know if you
> need it.
> 
> -Nate

Ahh, those were the days.  Built my first home network for $20.  The
cable and network cards were free, but CompUSA still sold the BNC tees
and terminators.  Doubt they do any more.  If anyone takes this cable
off of Nate's hands, I can probably dig up my old tees and terminators
for you too.

-- 
Tired programmer
Coding late into the night
The core dump follows

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