Microvaxen bits etc.

From: William Donzelli <william_at_ans.net>
Date: Fri Oct 30 08:22:23 1998

> I agree! I've never had a hub fail. On the other hand I've had coax
> cables fail spontaneously (maybe because I didn't go thru the trouble of
> soldering them :) However, I see Tony's point about 20 years from now
> trying to replace a failed ASIC in a hub. By that time though, good luck
> finding RG-58 coax either.

RG-58/U will be around for a long time. Fifty years old already...

I am still trying to find out what "RG" stands for - that is what the
military named coax starting in 1942. "UG" as well (for connectors - the
familiar BNC "T" is actually a UG-274A/U)...

William Donzelli
william_at_ans.net
Received on Fri Oct 30 1998 - 08:22:23 GMT