[rescue] fiber goodness

[Eric Dittman]

> > is the MIC the only cable than can be used with FDDI, or can I get an
> > SC cable and just put the little ends into the mic connector?
> There are MIC <=> ST and ST <=> SC cables, get some of them and ST-ST
> adapters to connect them. Unfortunately I have never seen MIC <=> SC
> cables. I have need for several of them.

I bought a couple of MIC-SC cables off eBay a few months ago.

> You can disassemble the SC connector and put the ferrule of a SC
> connector into the MIC connector. (Note that you can't disassemble a SC
> connector without destroying it. At least the ones I have seen.) The
> ferrule diameter is the same. I have done this with some already damaged
> cables from a dumpster dive session. It works, but is a bit fragil.

Somewhere I bought a couple of SC-SC cables that had connectors
on the end that could snap apart.
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Eric Dittman
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