DEC BC09J cable

From: William S. <wilby98_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu Feb 28 05:26:28 2002

By shielded do you mean CAT5 cable? I was planning on
using that. Speaking of which, is there a proper
color to use? ie) grey, red, blue? This will only
be a home setup but was wondering if there is an
official color code.

On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 05:12:40AM -0600, Tothwolf wrote:
<<snip>>
> What you should be concerned about is shielded vs unshielded cable.
> Shielded round cable with D-Sub type connectors will be more immune to RF
> noise, and less likely to generate the same. A twisted pair or flat silver
> satin cable with RJ-45 (8 conductor) or RJ-14 (6 conductor) connectors
> isn't shielded, and most RJ-45/RJ-14 to D-Sub adapters are also not
> shielded. I've made up both types of cables, but I usually use shielded
> cables for connections between equipment since my systems live in an
> residential neighborhood.
<<snip>>

-- 
Bill
Amsterdam, NL
Received on Thu Feb 28 2002 - 05:26:28 GMT

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