Subj : Re: Networking my Vintage Homelab
To   : Mhansel739
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sat Dec 09 2023 08:46:00

-=> Mhansel739 wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 Mh> My only comment - what the hell was with this "clod"? Running CAT5 but
 Mh> cross-connecting to 66-blocks? I know for sure there were CAT5 patch
 Mh> panels back in the day. SMH! I am sorry that you had to endure that.
 Mh> Thank goodness for today and the knowledge we have. I hope nobody in
 Mh> their right mind would do that again.
 Mh> --Matt

Yeah, this was way back when, and he did things the only way he knew,
apparently.

I took over cabling for the newer buildings and I did it all with Krone
parts, which made for a nice unified station field - 4 drop, they could
be all ethernet, all voice or some mix of the two. Apparently, Krone had
lower losses and could be repunched more than 110 could at the time. I
needed to buy new blades for my punch tool, but I loved the connectors.

They kind of came and went in the early '90s, unfortunately. Don't see
them now.



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