Unless you work for Intel or DEC in which case, it’s O0 DC.

Owen


> On Nov 15, 2022, at 08:20, Mel Beckman <m...@beckman.org> wrote:
> 
> Oh. And it’s not “OCD”. It’s “CDO”, with letters in ascending sequence. :)
> 
> -mel via cell
> 
>> On Nov 15, 2022, at 8:18 AM, Mel Beckman <m...@beckman.org> wrote:
>> 
>> No. GBIC stands for Great Big Inserted Cartridge. LC stands for Little 
>> Connector. Thus they are not compatible. 
>> 
>> -mel via cell
>> 
>>> On Nov 15, 2022, at 7:59 AM, Warren Kumari <war...@kumari.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi there all,
>>> 
>>> While looking through my big box of random optics I suddenly realized that 
>>> I'd never seen a GBIC with an LC connector, and I started wondering if 
>>> anyone else had / if such a thing actually exists.
>>> 
>>> Yes, I realize that this would be a fairly niche device - if you arrived 
>>> somewhere with a device that took GBICs and there was existing fiber with 
>>> LC connectors you could just replace the patch cable or use an LC-SC 
>>> convertor, but that doesn't really satisfy my curiosity.
>>> 
>>> A quick look through the GBIC MSA / SFF documentation implies that such a 
>>> thing *could* probably exist (there is a defined value for the 'LC' 
>>> connector), but I wasn't able to actually find any. It might not actually 
>>> be compliant with the specs (the document I found only lists SC fiber or 
>>> copper (coax with BNC, TNC or DB-9?!)), but that doesn't mean that no-one 
>>> made them.
>>> 
>>> So, has anyone seen a regular (30mm/1.2") GBIC with LC connectors? And, if 
>>> so, "pics or it didn't happen"... :-)
>>> 
>>> Obviously I don't have an actual use for this, it's just to satisfy my 
>>> (OCD) curiosity...
>>> W
>>> 
>>> 

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