[R-390] Twinax From IBM Used

[Flowertime01 at wmconnect.com]

Jim (computer geek)

The devil is in the details. I have master degree in Computer Science and have
made a living at it long enough to retire. Seen any chad lately? How about 
some
ferrite core memory? You just can't use a generality any more without 
offending someone. Sorry, Jim your turn to be it.

Sorry, you are right token ring is also UTP.
But if you are a real computer geek you will come back with the history 
of how tokens got off IBM into UTP. And IBM was big on star topology.
IBM liked the twinax because it provided a shielded balanced line. You
could get two computers across town connected, but that was before Al Gore 
invented the Internet.

"Ask a computer geek for "Token Ring cable" and you will probably get your 
choice from about 5 different varieties of twisted pair." See my point exactly. 
Computer history less than 10 years old.

Thick net is more like RG8  3/8 dia coax with some good shield.
Thick net was the original Ethernet. 
If someone offers you some Thicknet or Ethernet cable, Accept the offer,
Boat anchors are always in need of anchor chain.

Roger  KC6TRU