On 30 Nov 2002, at 10:21, Jose E. Dominguez wrote:

> For reasons only known to the manufacturer, the connection is BNC. It
> doesn't look like its a NIC that can be changed, not that I'm going to
> open it up and try it, this thing cost $250,000 and is as big as a
> house.
>
> I thought with a BNC converter I could just connect the PC to the cutter
> with a crossover cable. Problem is the converter will not work with a
> crossover cable. I'll have to use a hub or find a PCI NIC that has BNC
> connector on it.
>
> Jose

  I had assumed that your requirement was something like this.  As far as I
can determine, a balun is not going to do the conversion you need.

  Since 10Base-2 (co-ax w/BNC) is limited to 10 Mbps, most NICs so equipped
are still made for ISA slots.  Might consider dedicating an old machine to
run as a dedicated router (Linux or NT can do this) between an ISA 10Base-2
NIC and a 10Base-T (or 100Base-TX) [ISA or PCI] NIC -- it's overkill, but
not necessarily more expensive than any other option.

David Gillett

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