DEC DESPO-A Transceiver?

From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_bg-tc-ppp892.monmouth.com>
Date: Tue Sep 18 08:24:22 2001

> Hi,
>
> does anybody know something about the DEC DESPO-A BNC Ethernet
> Transceiver?
>
> Its a small box (about 115*60*35 mm) with a BNC connector and a
> MMJ connector on the otherside. And ther is a cable wich on one
> side has the MMJ and on the other side a big black connector
> (don't know the name) which I have seen at token ring MUAs only.
>
> I haven't seen those token ring connectors for ethernet,
> and no BNC connectors on token rings. So I am a little
> bit confused about the purpose of these boxes. Looks like
> a ethernet/tokenring bridge but I don't believe this.
>
> Regards,
> Lipo
>
> --
> Roland E. Lipovits
> Vienna, Austria

My GUESS is it's either an Ethernet Transceiver that plugs to IBM wired
Token Ring Cat 3 cables so you don't have to rewire a site or some kind
of DEC Token Ring transceiver.

Are you sure it's an MMJ and not an RJ45?

Bill
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