[Test-Equipment] Cable IDer

Sun, 06 Jul 2003 02:22:56 +0000

   I have a better idea, use the old cable to pull in a new COLOR CODED
cable as you pull out the original non color coded cable.
(especially if this is an old telephone cable where the colors
usually switch every 200 feet)
   I prefer Alpha cable, it uses the RETMA colors instead of spots.

> I seem to remember a test question (40 years ago) once on what is the 
> minimum number of trips you had to make from one end of a long cable to 
> the other to identify each of the 32 wires using an ohmmeter. It is an 
> interesting problem in queing theory.
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