Setting up a VAXstation

[Rod Smallwood]

My view is that if you have spent little or nothing on the computer. Then a few pounds on a cable is a good investment. If you do not have experience in making up cables then don't waste time learning for a small number.

Rod


-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Pete Edwards
Sent: 03 October 2007 14:34
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Setting up a VAXstation

>
> > here, folks. I'm not going to spend £20 or £30 on getting or making 
> > a cable for a 99p computer!
>
> Ah, that's right - you're in the UK so the telephone cables won't be 
> the same. Actually, you _might_ be able  to take an Ethernet cable, 
> file off the clip and file both sides to make it fit. If you can keep 
> the pins centered properly after filing, it should work.
>
> -Ian
>

There's plenty of telephone kit in the UK that does use RJ11, look on answering machines and especially external modems - they nearly always came with an RJ11-BT  adaptor cable.
A lot of modern laptop internal modems seem to have RJ11 sockets too.

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Pete Edwards
"Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future" - Niels Bohr