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atomicthumbs posted:as long as you don't lose the loving terminators I'd make my own: just take a telephone plug and connect the pins corresponding to the yellow and black wires with a 120-ohm resistor.
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Dick Trauma posted:Just keep the PhoneNet and SCSI terminators in the same bag. One stop shop for terminating! I haven't had to fight scsi (I've only really used SCA, in reasonably simple setups). I did however bring 10BASE--2 (Thinnet) to sleepovers and living room LANs in my early teens. I still like BNC connectors, but really really don't miss the terminators or the chain topology. Edit: Beaten, I see. For added content, the grounding issues you got were fun as well: the shielding on coax was tied to the ground of the connected computers, which made for electrical fun times if you first connected something improperly grounded , then, say, grabbed your own (grounded) computer and the cable to connect them. Computer viking has a new favorite as of 10:05 on May 26, 2014 |
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GreenNight posted:I'm building around a 1800 sq foot house, and to put in cat5e with a 12 port punch down block with 1 ethernet port to each bedroom is currently $500. Having ethernet run to behind where the TV is going as well. I don't know the going rate for this kind of work but I just did this myself and the 1000ft of wire, plates, and key pieces cost ~$175 off monoprice for cat6 stuff. Plus throw in a good drill, paddle bits, wire running fiberglass and a lot of my drat time since I did this blind with the walls up. Sounds like this is being done in a house that doesn't have the walls up yet though, which takes a lot less time (did this in college). Given all that eh $500 doesn't sound bad. $1000 for cat6 is just stupid though as others have said, 1Gbs is overkill for home unless UltraHD 16k or such happens. I only went cat6 cause I plan on dying in this house and I imagine sometime in the next 40 years 10Gb switches are going to come down from their $7000 or so price. It was only a few extra bucks to get it over cat5 equipment sans the actual switch/NICs. On the plus side I became very familiar with my house's crawl space. Ok it's not a plus but at least I know it's all good down there.
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Both cat5 and cat5e can do 1000-BASE-T (which is gbit over four wire pairs). Cat5e and cat6 are also capable of 1000-BASE-TX, which is gbit over two pairs - but most things use -T anyway. 10gbit requires cat6 (max 55m) or cat6a (max 100m), though.
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Going back a page or two, I actually own an SACD capable player. Its an older Sony 5 DVD carousel. I use my bluray player for movies now anyway but I've always wanted to find a few good SACDs to try in it. My stereo is a mish mash of old and new speakers and components that works really well for what it is. Can anyone recommend any good SACDs to try?
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Sheffield Labs Drum & Track Disk, by Jim Keltner and Ron Tutt. That recording is amazing.
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GreenNight posted:I'm building around a 1800 sq foot house, and to put in cat5e with a 12 port punch down block with 1 ethernet port to each bedroom is currently $500. Having ethernet run to behind where the TV is going as well. That sounds ok, but the guy is either buying his cat6 from the wrong place , or he's ripping you off. Maybe ask if you can supply the cable, or just suggest a cheaper supplier to him. Some contractors will just buy everything from the same place without taking a second to compare prices.
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LethalGeek posted:1Gbs is overkill for home unless UltraHD 16k or such happens.
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Ron Burgundy posted:Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds. I still have that on cassette! loving brilliant! An aussie band made a nice rendition of 'Eve of the war' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRDN9Qsy2mc Takes me back!
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Yermaw Zahoor posted:That sounds ok, but the guy is either buying his cat6 from the wrong place , or he's ripping you off. Maybe ask if you can supply the cable, or just suggest a cheaper supplier to him. I think it's been a set price for the guy for the last 6 years, so he never changed it. It's actually done very well, with a cabinet and everything. I looked at other houses he's done it to. I'm pretty sure he quoted me the extra cause he's never purchased cat6 before. Good call with asking if I buy a spool and see if he can just do it.
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GreenNight posted:I think it's been a set price for the guy for the last 6 years, so he never changed it. It's actually done very well, with a cabinet and everything. I looked at other houses he's done it to. I'm pretty sure he quoted me the extra cause he's never purchased cat6 before. Good call with asking if I buy a spool and see if he can just do it. Sweeten the deal a little saying he can keep the excess. Edit for content: New episode! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF7EpEnglgk Humphreys has a new favorite as of 02:28 on May 27, 2014 |
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My cassete player doesn't really work anymore. It's decided to not play unless I physically hold down the button. RIP or something, I guess. Except you won't, because the radio and CD player you're bolted to still work fine.
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Keiya posted:My cassete player doesn't really work anymore. It's decided to not play unless I physically hold down the button. It's not dead yet you monster. Just tape it down, use string, rubber bands, pay a child to do it, whatever.
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Yermaw Zahoor posted:It's not dead yet you monster. Blu-Tac. That was my way of getting it to stay down when I was a kid.
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Yermaw Zahoor posted:Just tape it down, use string, rubber bands, pay a child to do it, whatever. Humphreys posted:Blu-Tac. That was my way of getting it to stay down when I was a kid. What are talking about here?
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Play buttons on cassette players that have a broken spring or catch and the ways to jerry-rig them so they stay down... Oh...wait 
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You fold a piece of card up and jam it down the side of the button like this: This is cassette playing 101 guys, jeeeeezzzzzzz (one of your parents playing cards is perfect for this).
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Why are you people still using cassette players?
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Wanamingo posted:Why are you people still using cassette players? Listening to cassettes without one is a real pain.
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Wanamingo posted:Why are you people still using cassette players? How else am I going to listen to all these "The Police" cassettes that my grandfather smuggled into the Soviet Union under the penalty of death in his sock?
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Ensign Expendable posted:How else am I going to listen to all these "The Police" cassettes that my grandfather smuggled into the Soviet Union under the penalty of death in his sock? Death in your own sock - the ultimate capital punishment.
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Jerry Cotton posted:Death in your own sock - the ultimate capital punishment. It DOES sound like a Sting song name, doesn't it? the song is about being forever alone
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Jerry Cotton posted:Death in your own sock - the ultimate capital punishment. See and I thought he was going for a Soviet Russia joke. In America, you listen to the Police on casette player! In Soviet Russia, etc
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Phy posted:See and I thought he was going for a Soviet Russia joke. In America, you listen to the Police on casette player! In Soviet Russia, etc I once sent a cassette to the Soviet Union and when it reached the recipient a few months later there were only faint sounds audible on it because it'd been listened all to hell by the police so yeah not a joke.
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Ensign Expendable posted:How else am I going to listen to all these "The Police" cassettes that my grandfather smuggled into the Soviet Union under the penalty of death in his sock? Did he ever have any of those improvised records made from old x-ray photos?
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Phy posted:See and I thought he was going for a Soviet Russia joke. In America, you listen to the Police on casette player! In Soviet Russia, etc My uncle was born in America, but he was one of the lucky ones. He managed to escape in a balloon during the Jimmy Carter presidency.
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Phanatic posted:My uncle was born in America, but he was one of the lucky ones. He managed to escape in a balloon during the Jimmy Carter presidency. I bet he's got a lot of great stories.
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Wanamingo posted:Why are you people still using cassette players?
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Wanamingo posted:Why are you people still using cassette players?  because I can't afford a floppy drive. 
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Kopijeger posted:Did he ever have any of those improvised records made from old x-ray photos? I have never actually seen one of those, sadly.
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Here is a url to a group of pictures of some badass old tech: http://imgur.com/gallery/Jb6jW Unbelievable.
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Looks like it's straight out of Fallout.
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GreenNight posted:Here is a url to a group of pictures of some badass old tech: I. WANT. IT.
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Humphreys posted:I. WANT. IT. We must know more. This cannot be a one off system, can it?
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Ultimate Mango posted:We must know more. This cannot be a one off system, can it? Nope!
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With a name like the "UNITY SYSTEM" it sounds like a Twilight zone episode where the family become part of the system. WE. WILL. ACHIEVE. UNITY.
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