Re: Token Ring cable

Of course, the cable included (at least, the ones I've seen) is only about
8 foot long.  Just long enough to go from the I/O card, down the back of
the machine, and half way to where ever you need to plug it in.  (:  You'll
probably need an extension.

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com


>Art,

>If it's a DB9 at the one end, I found one of these as well (I have boxes
>full of cables).  It's a
>male connector with only 4 out of 9 pins being used and I don't see an IBM
>p/n on it.  I must have
>ordered it from some cabling company years ago.

>Glenn Gundermann
>Ronald A. Chisholm Limited
>Toronto

The same cable that you use to connect a Token Ring card in a PC to the
cabling system will also work.  But I'll bet IBM's has more shielding.

--PEM

PS-- ever take apart an IBM cable?  Inside one of their RS232 cables I
found 25 conductors, -each- with an individual shield!  No wonder those
things won't bend!  (:

--PEM




>Since it is Token-Ring it will simply be a 9-pin D connector (Female
>version of a serial port)
>rather than an AUI(ethernet), and the cable should be included with the
>system.
>
> - Larry
>
>Art Tostaine, Jr. wrote:
>>
>> I am expecting my customers 170 to arrive soon.  It has a token ring IPCS in
>> it.  He has IBM Cabling system already installed in the building.  What is
>> the cable called  that will connect the IPCS (AUI port?) to the Ibm cable
>> system MAU?  You know the cabling system I'm talking about, with the giant
>> connectors?
>>
>> IBM Part# would be OK, but would prefer to order from 3x warehouse or Black
>> Box.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Art Tostaine, Jr.
>> CCA, Inc.
>> Parlin, NJ  08859

>--
>Larry Bolhuis         |
>Arbor Solutions, Inc  | Two rules to success in life:
>(616) 451-2500        | 1. Never tell people everything you know.
>lbolhui@ibm.net       |


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