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Re: AppleTalk Connector boxes
- Subject: Re: AppleTalk Connector boxes
- From: Simon Williams <*email*@*luddite.ca*>
- Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 23:14:56 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Luddite Enterprises
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On Sun, 13 Apr 2003 14:51:48 CDT Marsha <menacechgo@aol.com> wrote:
> (The connectors have some transformers, etc. inside them to buffer the
> signals from the serial port to the network. Some have built in signal
> termination and others like PhoneNet have a resistor that one plugs in)
Most I've come across lack the terminators, however it is quite easy
to make one by snipping off the end of an old phone cable and wrapp-
ing the two outside wires around the leads of the appropriate
resistor -- not sure about the specific type, I just looked for one
with the same coloured stripes ;-)
--
Simon Williams
Luddite Enterprises
http://www.luddite.ca