Maybe OT: Network ethics

From: James L. Rice <jrice_at_texoma.net>
Date: Sun Feb 3 14:46:32 2002

I always liked the AMP-Tap system. I was an electricial/cable
contractor in the 1972-1996 period. We ran a lot of AMP Tap in the mid
to late 80's in factory environments. Use a 10B5 backbone to a repeater
and branch off the repeater with AMP Tap segements. I can't ever
remember a failure of a leg due to the AMP Tap system. I think we
bought most of our AMP stuff from Anixter in those days.

James

Tothwolf wrote:

>On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
>
>>>just use custom port connectors as well? Maybe something like the old
>>>4 prong phone connectors (don't know the name... those 4 straight pin
>>>blocks old telco supplied phones used to have), or even something like
>>>a DIN connector.
>>>
>>... or EVEN a BNC CONNECTOR!!! (which they'd probably assume was video)
>>
>
>Well, we could go back to using the AMP 10Base-2 thinnet tap type
>connections. These have an internal switch in the tap, which is inline
>with the RG58 segment. To use these, you need the special drop cable to
>plug into the tap. When the twinaxial-style coax drop is unplugged from
>the tap, the internal switches bypass the tap.
>
>I picked up a bag of these things Saturday. It had 6 8.20ft. drop cables,
>6 wall plates with taps, 2 of the special terminators, and an extra tap. I
>already had a 25ft. drop cable laying around, so now I've got enough parts
>for a 7 node AMP thinnet tap-style 10Base-2 segment.
>
>-Toth
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