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  • What is Twinax called?

    From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 4 18:15:40 2021
    Maybe I'm not using the period-correct name for the circuitry that the
    36/38 Workstation Emulator uses.

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  • From gfretwell@aol.com@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 4 20:24:16 2021
    On Thu, 4 Nov 2021 18:15:40 -0500, Louis Ohland <ohland@charter.net>
    wrote:

    Maybe I'm not using the period-correct name for the circuitry that the
    36/38 Workstation Emulator uses.

    That is Twinax, the original with the big chrome plated connectors.
    I understand that technology had evolved tho. I never really played
    with it much tho. I was a big iron bigot. ;-)
    We used RG/62Ucoax for terminals and smaller coax, 16-24 at a time, in
    a big, fat, cables between channels and I/O boxes.

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  • From IBMMuseum@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 8 17:25:35 2021
    Maybe I'm not using the period-correct name for the circuitry
    that the 36/38 Workstation Emulator uses.

    I've seen it identified as "100 Ohm Twinax RF cable" to distinguish it from more current references. Belden and other manufacturers have independent numbering that they use. No idea if it has an 'RG' identifier.

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