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From: Tom Stiller <tomstiller@yahoo.c
To: All
Subject: Re: need Localtalk terminators
Date:Thu, July 17, 2008 12:54 AM


In article
<1ff28717-7244-4462-b34e-4dd38330b966@z66g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
DJW <ddwr@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On Jul 13, 1:15 pm, Tom Stiller <tomstil...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > In article
> > <c0c2df39-d875-4848-8c56-a36f7d335...@k37g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
> >
> >
> >
> > DJW <d...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Jul 12, 12:55 pm, Tom Stiller <tomstil...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > In article
> > > > <daa6c5ab-c165-43e8-882f-743393559...@79g2000hsk.googlegroups.com>,
> >
> > > > DJW <d...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > I need 2 Localtalk terminators for use with my asante talk box. I
> > > > > can1t seem to find Farallon corporations home page to get the
> > > > > terminators for the PhoneNet dongle box. Does anybody know of a good
> > > > > source to get the terminators I need?
> >
> > > > Go to your local RadioShack and pick up some 4 position RJ-11 phone
> > > > plugs and 120 ohm resistors. Insert the legs of the resistor in the two
> > > > outer positions of the RJ-11 and crimp.
> >
> > > Tom, Does it matter which leg of the resister goes on which side of
> > > the RJ-ll plug? Also a few terminators that have have a ring around
> > > one of the legs whatÕs that for?
> >
> > No, the resistor is symmetrical. The ring is just to have something to
> > grasp when removing a terminator from a PhoneNet module.
> >

> Tom, does it matter what watt the resisters are. Should I only look
> for resisters that are exactly the same in color bands on them as the
> ones I already have in use?

The resistors in my terminators are 120 ohm; that would be
brown-red-brown. The fourth band, the tolerance, doesn't matter for
this use.

--
Tom Stiller

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