Yeah, I forget what the original allowed length was for drop cables, but I seem to remember it striking me as quite long! A few feet of CAT5 (or even better, STP) has a lot of wiggle room :P
Thanks, Jonathan On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 3:08 PM Paul Koning <paulkon...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > On Aug 31, 2018, at 2:45 PM, systems_glitch <systems.gli...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Yeah, you can make up your own AUI cables with less-than-spec wire and > get away with it no problem, but I was referring to NOS premade AUI cables > being a limited resource. > > > > I've made them with DA15s and CAT5 cable before, and it works for short > runs. > > That figures; the impedance is not quite the same but close enough (78 > ohms vs. 100) and AUI cable is supposed to be shielded. But there should > be a fair amount of margin. > > paul > > >
