[vcf-midatlantic] Makin' Ethernet...

[Bill Degnan]

On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 7:26 PM, Tony Bogan via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

>
> > On Jun 4, 2018, at 5:34 PM, Jim Hart via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
> >
> > I have a fresh box of gray cat 5 that was for a home project that never
> got
> > done. I have the ends around here someplace or can get some in a day or
> > two. I have the tools for either crimp or punch terminations.
> >
> > —Jim Hart
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 5:19 PM Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <
> > vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
> >
> >> We need a bunch of network cables to wire up the museum PoE security
> >> cameras.
> >>
> >> I have not yet measured. My estimate is about 200 feet total for four
> >> cables.
> >>
> >> Two questions:
> >>
> >> 1. Does anyone have a very long reel of cat 5 to donate? I prefer black.
> >>
> >> 2. Does anyone have the RJ-45 ends and the tool/experience to terminate
> >> the cables? (I used to know how, but it's been 17 years since I last did
> >> it.)
> >>
>
> I have a significant amount (several hundred feet at least) of white cat 6
> in a box but I do not have any more ends. Used them all when I wired the
> house with cat 6 this past winter. I can drop the cable off this weekend in
> the morning before work if you're interested in it.
>
>
>
At some point I dropped off a tub full of ethernet cables.  This was for
the C64 networked game.  Some of these were pretty long.
Bill