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Article #12102Re: the connector is the network
From: Pat Lashley
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1989 18:40
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1989 18:40
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emv@math.lsa.umich.edu writes:
>I have the well-known problem of Sun 3/60's getting disconnected from the
>(thick) ethernet because of the lousy Sun connectors. I'm sure there's
>someone who has solved this problem to their satisfaction. What did you
>do?
This may be old news, but I have only been back on the net for a couple of
months...
The first thing that I do when we get a new transciever cable is remove
one of the washers under each of the posts. This extra 1/16" seems to
significantly improve connection quality.
Sun is not the only company with a dbx connector problem. The only time
that I have ever seen it work well was on an old TI 9900/4. They used a
small dbx (15 ?) connector between the main box and the monitor.
I would prefer some sort of bayonette clip as a standard connector type.
Copyright (c) 1989 PM Lashley under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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