AS/400 9404 and TWINAX questions...

[John Foust]

At 03:37 AM 9/29/2004, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
>You can use just about anything for short runs.  Even 100-base-T might
>work with 4-strands of random wire at some minimal distance.  But if you
>expect anything to run and run reliably, especially at a distance, use
>properly rated cable :)

These days, though, it's getting harder: inexpensive consumer
networking gear is all over the map in terms of what sort of
signal degradation it can handle.  

I've seen some equipment that can't pick up a signal on a 100-foot 
run of suitably rated and crimped cable.  I don't have a TDR tester,
but a simple $50 tester shows valid wiring.

- John