[TriLUG] Looking for surplus base-2 ethernet cable

[Dan Monjar]

Brian McCullough wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 20, 2005 at 04:20:59PM -0500, James Brigman wrote:
> 
>>Brian Henning wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi Y'all,
>>>So yeah, I'm wondering if anyone knows where I might be able to pick up
>>>some coax ethernet cables, the kind with the BNC connections..  I'm 
>>>actually
>>>not using that kind of ethernet anywhere; I just need the BNC cables and
>>>figured that'd be a good source..  So, anyone know where I could find some
>>>cheap?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Dude...you mean the OLD ethernet backbone stuff? That fat orange cable 
>>you would tap into with the special tapping transceiver? Man, that stuff 
>>has been GONE for over 15 years now.
> 
> 
> No, he actually means the skinny black coax.  What you are thinking of
> has the AUI connectors.
> 
> 
> 

well, he described 10-Base-5 but the subject said 10-Base-2... been 
there, done that.  Used a vampire tap to drill into a live 10-base-2 
backbone to add another transceiver, good times.  Still have about 500 
feet of dark backbone in my walls.

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Dan Monjar