10base-2 to 10base-t media convertor?

[Teo Zenios]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ethan Dicks" <ethan.dicks at gmail.com>
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Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: 10base-2 to 10base-t media convertor?


>
> > The original posters problem just happens to be half the reason I
> > even care about 10Base2, my Amiga 3000's NIC only has a BNC
> > connection, I also have this problem with my DECserver 90L+.  Though
> > I'm not using either at the moment.
>
> I'm in the same boat - Amigas with 10base2 only.  Pretty much anything
> else I have that does networking has 10base2 _and_ an AUI at least.
>

My A3000 came with a network card with rj45, very lucky there.

> In my experience, it's much easier to find an old 10baseT hub with a
> 10base2 port or an AUI (to which you add a 10base2 transceiver) than a
> 10base2 to 10baseT media converter, but the media converter will be
> smaller if you can track one down.

My first hub (still have it in use) was a 3com office TP4 combo (4 RJ45, 1
coax, and a AUI port), not sure how easy one would be to find these days. I
have a transiver connected to a Mac print server for my 4/600 PS printer
(transievers with rj45 are hard to find outside of ebay).

TZ