JH>Hello All!
Hello Jonathan,
JH>I've got three Arcnet cards (SMC) lying around here, that I'm itching to 
pla
JH>with - just for fun :-)
Sounds like anything BUT fun to me. 
JH>What kind of cabling do they need? The physical connection on the cards
RG-62A/U
JH>"sub-standard" cable when wiring up my 'development' network segment?
JH>What are the worst consequences of using the wrong kind of cable with 
hese
JH>network cards? Presumably they will simply not work, and I can't actually 
do
JH>them much permanent damage...?
Damage I wouldn't worry about.  The larger issue is expense
of connectivity.  Let's see...one card in the server, purchase an Active
Hub, two cards left for workstations.  Now you have two workstations
that can hit the server at the blinding speed of 2.5Mb/s. (alibi, from a
LONG way away)
I think you'll find that Ethernet cards are just to cheap to warrant
playing with those antiques.  That's just MY opinion.
Good luck with your project though,
HTR
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