[Info-vax] Basic AUI and BNC ThinWire Ethernet (was: Re: Synch-On-Green Graphics, Adapters...

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2016-11-05 20:15:08 +0000, Hans Vlems said:

> I know it's not a terminator, the previous post called it that.
> They're all but useless, toggling the ethernet switch on the back of a 
> VAXstation from BNC to AUI without that connector will get you DECnet 
> ine down and up messages. The loopback plug prevents that.
> Besides, connecting a DEMPR to a DELNI requires that same plug for the 
> latter on its global port

If you're stuck with host gear from this era, then scrounging an AUI to 
10BASE-T twisted-pair "transceiver" is probably going to be the 
preferred approach here.   That'd be the DEC DESTA or ilk for folks 
requiring hardware authenticity, though any compatible AUI-to-TP widget 
should work fine.


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