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What to do with spare PhoneNet connectors.

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maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 08 Dec 2002 : 15:07:33 Use 'em to increase the length of a phone cable! Thats how i'm typing this right now. Here's what you do: 1. Take one piece of RJ-11 cable and one PhoneNet connector, and use it to plug the PhoneNet connector into the phone line. 2. Take another piece of RJ-11 cable, and plug one end into the other jack on the PhoneNet connector, and the other end into your telephone/modem/fax machine/answering machine/whatever. Don't worry about the serial cable. Its not needed in this configuration, and can just sit there not plugged into anything. If you want, you can just keep daisy chaining PhoneNet connectors until you have the length cable that you want. Either way, the setup works extremely well, just like a really long RJ-11 cable, but isn't as expensive as one. -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 6
~Coxy Leader, Tactical Ops Unit Australia 2822 Posts	Posted - 08 Dec 2002 : 18:36:51 I'd say that it's be more expensive than a really long RJ-11 cable... if you make them yourself! 4 core flat cable is 70c/meter and RJ-11 plugs are 40c each. Most electronics stores will lenf you a crimping tool, and the best ones will even do it for you for free. But that is a good tip, even if it is a bit rough! ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit Mayor of NuBus City v3.0
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 08 Dec 2002 : 19:27:50 Good thinking, but if someone already has a mile of PhoneNet connectors and the accompanying pieces of RJ-11 cable, this would work out cheaper, as then they wouldn't have to spend anything. -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 6
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 08 Dec 2002 : 20:03:30 cool I should try that! I have snotloads of both lying around Official 68k videographer
thelip Full Member USA 729 Posts	Posted - 08 Dec 2002 : 20:27:01 a meter? you mean micro-has-no-sex-organs-soft hasn't bought the meter!? it's just a matter of time... interesting, i thought phone-net adpaters were a cool idea. I only have 2. _______________________ Sgt. Thelip Heavy Weapons Specialist - 950 division Keeper of the MLA Tracker - mlatracker.dyndns.org
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 08 Dec 2002 : 22:46:19 at least i don't have to copy gigabytes of info over those little wires ;) .ME likes 10/100 Official 68k videographer
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 09 Dec 2002 : 02:46:17 quote: interesting, i thought phone-net adpaters were a cool idea. Same here. NOt only that though, they were cheaper than ethernet, because they used a bus topology instead of star, so you didn't have to buy a stupid hub! -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 6
dunbar New Member USA 87 Posts	Posted - 09 Dec 2002 : 09:29:05 PhoneNet donations gladly accepted... Linux is my choice. Mac was my guide. M$ is not my friend.

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