Re: [Sheflug] Cover opened... WOW! What's that?:-) (was: he-he... can't open )computer's cover...

["Chris J/#6" <nospam [at] nccnet.co.uk>]

> On Wed, 9 May 2001, Chris Johnson wrote:
> 
> > An AUI connecter, aka 10base5 or Thick Ethernet is useful as with a 
> > suitable AUI <-> 10baseT or AUI <-> 10Base2 tranceiver (about 20 quid) you 
> > can connect it to a network. :)
> > >   _     _
> > >  |_|   |_|
> > >   -     -
> > > __|_____|__
> > 
> > 
> > Yep ... that's another network (I assume those squares are sorta computers 
> > with keyboards underneath).
> 
> You're right - so, I'm not that bad an (ASCII-) artist:-) But - this
> symbol IS under that AUI connector...

AUI is an (old old old) way of connecting boxes together a la ethernet, and 
it's a 15pin D female socket on the machine. The cable for this is a think 
beastie, hence most these days have tranceivers connected directly on them 
so co-ax or cat-5 can be connected.

Lots of old boxes have one ... I have a sun sitting by my desk with such a 
connector, and plugged into it is a AUI <-> 10Base2 transciever, which 
basically converts the AUI interface into a standard 10Base2 (thin ethernet 
- ie, co-ax with BNC connectors) interface, which hooks into a no frills 
cheap & nasty realtek network card in my machine :)

Tranceivers are cheap enough ... either to convert to 10Base2 (co-ax with 
BNC connectors) or 10BaseT (UTP cat-5 cable with RJ45 connectors). About 20 
quid or so. MAy be able to get them even cheaper at computer fairs (picked 
one up for about 5 or 10 quid IIRC).

Chris...

 

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