[cctalk] Re: 8P8C but width of an RJ-11

2024-08-29 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
>>> It's 8P8C with a little offset snag >>> reminiscent of a DEC MMJ, but it's the width of an RJ-11: while an "RJ-45" >>> Ethernet cable is too wide, a phone handset cord is the right width even >>> though >>> it obviously doesn't have enough connectors. I messed around with filing >>> down

[cctalk] Re: 8P8C but width of an RJ-11

2024-07-13 Thread mark audacity romberg via cctalk
> A 'banjo' in this context is a device that breaks out the conductors of a > modular jack to test points. Thanks for this clarification!

[cctalk] Re: 8P8C but width of an RJ-11

2024-07-13 Thread Lamar Owen via cctalk
  >Patch cords…for banjos?? A postscript to my previous reply While 'Mean' Mary James doesn't typically use one, Deering Banjo does have an acoustic-electric banjo: https://www.deeringbanjos.com/products/deering-sierra-5-string-acoustic-electric-banjo And

[cctalk] Re: 8P8C but width of an RJ-11

2024-07-13 Thread Lamar Owen via cctalk
  >Patch cords…for banjos?? A 'banjo' in this context is a device that breaks out the conductors of a modular jack to test points.  Older ones were round-ish and had a hardwired short flat cord (usually 'silver satin' flat cable) with a modular plug on the en

[cctalk] Re: 8P8C but width of an RJ-11

2024-07-13 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
> Patch cords…for banjos?? Telco service line sets, often called buttsets or banjos. -- personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckai...@floodgap.com -- When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro

[cctalk] Re: 8P8C but width of an RJ-11

2024-07-13 Thread mark audacity romberg via cctalk
Patch cords…for banjos??

[cctalk] Re: 8P8C but width of an RJ-11

2024-07-13 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
>> It's 8P8C with a little offset snag >> reminiscent of a DEC MMJ, but it's the width of an RJ-11: while an >"RJ-45" >> Ethernet cable is too wide, a phone handset cord is the right width >even >> though >> it obviously doesn't have enough connectors. I messed around with >filing >> down a

[cctalk] Re: 8P8C but width of an RJ-11

2024-07-13 Thread Lamar Owen via cctalk
>Subject: [cctalk] 8P8C but width of an RJ-11 >It's 8P8C with a little offset snag >reminiscent of a DEC MMJ, but it's the width of an RJ-11: while an >"RJ-45" >Ethernet cable is too wide, a phone handset cord is the right width >even >though >it obviously doesn't have enough connectors. I m

[cctalk] Re: 8P8C but width of an RJ-11

2024-07-12 Thread Wayne S via cctalk
Click the link. Cant send photos here Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 12, 2024, at 23:06, mark audacity romberg via cctalk > wrote: > > Show us a photo.

[cctalk] Re: 8P8C but width of an RJ-11

2024-07-12 Thread mark audacity romberg via cctalk
Show us a photo.

[cctalk] Re: 8P8C but width of an RJ-11

2024-07-12 Thread Wayne S via cctalk
Is it this one? The multibutton phones like Merlin used them. Not quite rj45 not quite rj11. https://www.ebay.com/itm/163813763385?itmmeta=01J2N97M75X5FFPCX85GNV9DNX&hash=item26240fa939:g:984AAOSwcJNapuIx&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJ4GuJK6PHgBGJcuXUB4xQ2GqRsg56CGc7F9J%2FbWBSJ9Qi0MZYsAtnKFLVSfIYaXJJYcKG5W

[cctalk] Re: 8P8C but width of an RJ-11

2024-07-12 Thread Mychaela Falconia via cctalk
Cameron Kaiser wrote: > No, they're surface contacts. It looks like Ethernet cabling and has the same > contact spacing as RJ-45 and RJ-11, but Ethernet is too wide for the jack. I > was wondering about RJ-45S or RJ-48, maybe. It is my understanding that RJ-45 and RJ-48 are physically identical,

[cctalk] Re: 8P8C but width of an RJ-11

2024-07-12 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
> > I'm trying to source a new I/O cable for a Convergent WorkSlate (this > > one is grody from degenerating plasticizers). It's 8P8C with a little > > offset snag reminiscent of a DEC MMJ, but it's the width of an RJ-11: > > while an "RJ-45" Ethernet cable is too wide, a phone handset cord i

[cctalk] Re: 8P8C but width of an RJ-11

2024-07-12 Thread Dennis Boone via cctalk
> I'm trying to source a new I/O cable for a Convergent WorkSlate (this > one is grody from degenerating plasticizers). It's 8P8C with a little > offset snag reminiscent of a DEC MMJ, but it's the width of an RJ-11: > while an "RJ-45" Ethernet cable is too wide, a phone handset cord is > the r