Re: [chat] Termination of FO cable

[Crossfire <xfire@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Crossfire was once rumoured to have said:
> Anthony Rumble was once rumoured to have said:
> > On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Terry Collins wrote:
> > 
> > > I am looking for someone/? that can change the terminations on a fibre
> > > optic cable I have. It seems to be fitted with proprietary screw on
> > > fittings and I would like them changed over to one of the common ones.
> > 
> > Aieeeeee.. Thats evil stuff.. I know Matt used to tell me theres some
> > hugly expensive laser equipement used at Telstra for certain types of
> > Fiber termination and splicing.. But thats perhaps a different kind of
> > fiber to what you would have.. I dunno..
> 
> Probably.
> 
> I've watched guys from Diverse Networks in Canberra do a Fibre
> Termination - its a fairly slow process (took them 2 or 3 attempts
> before the fibre stopped shattering, mind you, it was a crap length of
> fibre to begin with) and the kits are hella expensive.
> 
> I know David Reid Electronics in the city sells ready-made Fibre
> leads, you might be better off buying one of those than trying to get
> an existing length reterminated.

Oh, of course, I'm talking about flyleads - if its an inplace run,
like the one I watched Diverse terminate, you may have fun.

Fibre is not cheap to say the least. :(

Speaking of Fibre, anybody know where I can pick up some FDDI gear at
a reasonable price?

My little DECStation in 'berra has an FDDI card in it doing
nothing. :)

C.
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