Date   : Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:55:06 +0100
From   : philb@... (Phil Blundell)
Subject: Ancient network standards (was: BBC News - Retro

On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 14:31 +1030, paul aslin wrote:
> I'll ask on the Acorn network group what an AUI adapter for cat5 is,
> if my memory is correct I won't like the answer.

They're cheap enough, see for example:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CENTRECOM-AUI-Ethernet-10Base-T-RJ45-Transceiver-Easy-/200482535744?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2eadb0b940

I have a couple of Ether1 cards equipped with those and they work fine.
Less fiddly, as you say, than trying to arrange 10base2 cabling.

p.