Re: [NTLK] [ANN] X-Jack Ethernet card buying pool extended

From: Stainless Steel Rat (ratinox_at_peorth.gweep.net)
Date: Wed May 15 2002 - 20:59:22 EDT


* "William R. Dickson" <wrd_at_awenet.com> on Wed, 15 May 2002
| The other downside is that you then need to carry this custom cable (or
| the dongle adaptor that goes between a standard cable and the card) around
| with you -- and the more stuff you need to carry with your Newton, the
| less convenient it is.

Yeah... but you still need a network cable anyway. And at least as far as
the 3C589 series go, you can get a 6' dongle cable with Honda connector for
the NIC and RJ45 male at the end. They come with RF45 couplers for
convenience. I got a bunch from CDW last year, cost something like $6
apiece.

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