[time-nuts] Cables dor 10 mHz

Chuck Harris cfharris at erols.com
Mon Jul 30 23:50:04 UTC 2012


Chris Albertson wrote:
...   I wonder how many
> people here remember the old 10base5 stuff.  We used to call it
> "Frozen yellow garden hose".  It was a perfect description.  I think
> it was about 1980. And I still remember being astounded when I saw
> that a "vampire tap" could work.

Or maybe more to the point, I wonder how many of us have installed
10base5 cable, and done vampire taps?  I think I still have one of
the tools around here somewhere... probably with my G-D wirewrap
gun.

-Chuck Harris



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