[geeks] geek trivia quiz

[Ken Hansen]

My one crossover cable is "F**K You Yellow" - just
like my Mustang Convertible will be! (Check that,
*next* Mustang Convertible, already got a '67 ;^)

Hey, my wife is a '67 model as well!

Ken

--- Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 03:01:09AM +0000, Kris Kirby
> wrote:
> > On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Bill Bradford wrote:
> > > You come across an ethernet cable (lets say
> gray) with pieces of yellow
> > > shrinkwrap or tape on the ends about 1" from the
> RJ45 plug.  What is it?
> > I'm going to guess it's a cross-over cable, but
> I'd check the pinouts
> > (colors) first.
> 
> Yep!  I spent way too much time dealing with Ascend
> equipment (pipeline
> 50s and 75s) and the jacks on the back were
> color-coded, with the ethernet
> jack having a yellow "ring" around it.  The
> corresponding cable was gray,
> with yellow "markings".  It was a crossover.
> 
> I just wondered if anybody else instinctively
> thought "crossover" when they
> saw such a cable.  I've taken to marking *mine* the
> same way, because I"m
> so used to it.
> 
> Bill
> 
> -- 
> Bill Bradford
> mrbill at mrbill.net
> Austin, TX
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Ken
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