Strange cable question

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wanadoo

Hi,

I have a question about some strange cables I got, and I want to know it I
can make anybody happy with them.

The cables have a standard network connector on one side.
The other side is a strange connector.
it is flat , about 3 cm wide and 1 cm high.
Written on top:
SP > PC < 5
UL
And on the bottom:
AT&T

Does anybody know what kind of cables these are ?
Can I throw them away or will anybody be very happy with them ?

Thanks,
Rob
 
wanadoo said:
Hi,

I have a question about some strange cables I got, and I want to know it I
can make anybody happy with them.

The cables have a standard network connector on one side.
The other side is a strange connector.
it is flat , about 3 cm wide and 1 cm high.
Written on top:
SP > PC < 5
UL
And on the bottom:
AT&T

Does anybody know what kind of cables these are ?
Can I throw them away or will anybody be very happy with them ?

Thanks,
Rob
Click to expand...
"AT&T" may be the company it was made for; "UL" stands for
Underwriter Laboratories" meaning that the mzaterials are approved as
fire safe and may include electrical safety.
I would hazard a guess that the "5" stands for the number of wires in
the cable, the "PC" may stand for that it is for the PC, and the "SP"
may stand for serial port.
Maybe it is for firewire support?
 
Robert Baer said:
"AT&T" may be the company it was made for; "UL" stands for Underwriter
Laboratories" meaning that the mzaterials are approved as fire safe and
may include electrical safety.
I would hazard a guess that the "5" stands for the number of wires in
the cable, the "PC" may stand for that it is for the PC, and the "SP" may
stand for serial port.
Maybe it is for firewire support?
Click to expand...

Thanks for the reply. On one end it is a 'normal' RJ-45 network connector.
I have posted some nice pictures (almost art) here:
http://home.wanadoo.nl/verboomr/cable.htm

It does not look like a firewire cable.
More like a special network cable for a AT&T switch ?
Or for a special network connector on a mainframe or something.
An ISDN patch cable ?
 
Robert Baer said:
wanadoo wrote:
Click to expand...
I would hazard a guess that the "5" stands for the number of wires in
the cable, the "PC" may stand for that it is for the PC, and the "SP"
may stand for serial port.
Maybe it is for firewire support?
Click to expand...

I can't tell from the pictures but it might be an adapter cable designed
to derive an RJ45 connection directly from a punchdown block. (The
orientation of the conductors in the plug doesn't look appropriate for
a 66 block but might fit some datacomm punchdowns, perhaps in modular
connectors.)

Joe Morris
 
Joe Morris said:
I can't tell from the pictures but it might be an adapter cable designed
to derive an RJ45 connection directly from a punchdown block. (The
orientation of the conductors in the plug doesn't look appropriate for
a 66 block but might fit some datacomm punchdowns, perhaps in modular
connectors.)
Click to expand...

Thanks, I think this might be the right, but the conductors are indeed in
the wrong orrientation.

Rob
 
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