tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post6187713749760507082..comments2024-03-27T12:34:49.346-04:00Comments on Borepatch: Happy birthday Ethernet!Borepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-17685672235253587982012-09-30T14:25:27.997-04:002012-09-30T14:25:27.997-04:00Oh, God......'vampire taps'!
A Ham buddy o...Oh, God......'vampire taps'!<br />A Ham buddy of mine was telling me about this "killer deal" he got on a large quantity of RG-8 coax, aka "Thick Net".<br />A week later he called me to bring over my cable/tdr tester as he was having some "problems" with the supposedly new coax that he ran up the tower.<br />Yep, it had been used with vampire taps, and was now basically useless for RF use.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-70381704037978827072012-09-30T11:38:26.701-04:002012-09-30T11:38:26.701-04:00"Ethernet will live forever, if only because ..."Ethernet will live forever, if only because whatever eventually replaces it will still be called 'ethernet'." -- Robert Metcalfe<br /><br />It is interesting to note that this has _already_ happened twice. :)lelnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08600824544185328505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-29571052840822294542012-09-30T11:07:19.889-04:002012-09-30T11:07:19.889-04:00I surplused a large box of token ring connecters a...I surplused a large box of token ring connecters and locking clips this week.ASM826https://www.blogger.com/profile/04017388670319590449noreply@blogger.com