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Date:      Fri, 26 Sep 1997 19:52:07 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
To:        chuckr@Glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey)
Cc:        FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: thickwisre<->thinwire
Message-ID:  <199709261752.TAA01396@yedi.iaf.nl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970926123553.296D-100000@Journey2.mat.net> from "Chuck Robey" at Sep 26, 97 12:39:15 pm

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As Chuck Robey wrote...
> I'm doing a bit of computer re-arrangement (keeps my life interesting) and
> I find I have to connect another computer to my existing home ethernet.
> Trouble is, the ethernet is thinwire, and the new computer (a DECStation
> 5000/120, which will be running NetBSD) is thickwire.  I'm going to be
> connecting it to my two existing FreeBSD boxes.

It probably has an AUI 15 pin D connector. Just find a thinwire tranceiver,
they are quite abundant. Or if you have an AUI-10base5 tranceiver, rewire
it to use a BNC connector. The electronics are the same for 10base2 and
10base5 (at least they are not distinguishable in normal use)

Wilko
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