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I am sooo old, and will never stop living in deep past, when professional Ethernet installations where done with 10BASE-5 and 'vampire' connectors


I'm not that old, but I do remember 10Base-2 and coax twist connectors. They were a PITA to crimp, as I recall.

I think I've still got about 30 feet of 10Base-2 in a box in the attic somewhere...
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-- roger