Date   : Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:42:19 +1030
From   : station240@... (paul aslin)
Subject: Box assorted floppies

> Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:46:51 +0100
> From: jgh@...
> To: bbc-micro@...
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Box assorted floppies
>
> Mike Tomlinson wrote:
>> I had also intended to experiment with an installation not using the
>> drop leads, but taking the two network cables directly to the DIN plug
>
> You could get 'T' pieces made of three DIN sockets where you could plug
> three leads together, it would have been more useful if you could get
> 'T' pieces made with two DIN sockets and a DIN plug. Then you could've
> plugged the 'T' directly into the back of a machine and two leads to
> connect to before/next machines. Simplest way to give minimum drop-lead
> distance - the length of the plug itself ;)

I'd make it like Mike says, only terminate one (short) network cable with 
a din line socket, The other longer cable terminates with din plug and can
chain into the next cable's din socket. Then the third din plug which join
both cables and plugs into the back of the machine.

So basically each cable section has a plug at one end, a socket at the other
and a 3rd plug in the middle. That way you can dismantle the chained cabling
somewhat for fault finding.

                                         
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