10Base-2 : Terminating resistor rating?

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Thursday 27 July 2006 02:53 pm, Tom Peters wrote:
> > On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, Joseph Stevenson wrote:
> >> What is the resistance of a 10Base-2 terminating resistor?
> >
> > 50 ohms.
>
> 52 ohms was also used. I think maybe 50 ohms is a non-standard value for a
> resistor, and 52 ohms was available. I only saw one batch of 52 ohms-- the
> color stripes said 52 ohms, not just my ohmmeter.

First I've heard of that one being a standard value, but my perception of 
those is a little skewed anyways,  since when I started messing with this 
stuff 20% parts were still common.

In the whatever-the-heck series it is that gives you 5% values 51 ohms is in 
there.

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