> > I'm trying to source a new I/O cable for a Convergent WorkSlate (this > > one is grody from degenerating plasticizers). It's 8P8C with a little > > offset snag reminiscent of a DEC MMJ, but it's the width of an RJ-11: > > while an "RJ-45" Ethernet cable is too wide, a phone handset cord is > > the right width even though it obviously doesn't have enough > > connectors. I messed around with filing down a junk Ethernet patch > > cord but that's just making a mess bigger than the icky cable. > > There's a connector system called RJ Point 5, which puts the latch clip > on the narrow side, makes the connector half or less the width of a > standard 8p8c modular, and looks like it uses internal pins instead of > surface contacts.
No, they're surface contacts. It looks like Ethernet cabling and has the same contact spacing as RJ-45 and RJ-11, but Ethernet is too wide for the jack. I was wondering about RJ-45S or RJ-48, maybe. -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckai...@floodgap.com -- Innovation is hard to schedule. -- Dan Fylstra -----------------------------
