>Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 12:43:59 -0500
>From: Peter Hufnagel <CaptnZilog@aol.com>
>
>I have 5 DEC...umm, terminators I guess, of some
>sort... 15-pin 'D'-shell type connector, male, with
>only 6 pins in it, and a green LED on the outside,
>DEC P/N 12-22196-01.
>
>Anyone know what they are?  
>Anyone have a use for them?

They are AUI network terminators.  If you were going to run a machine
with an AUI port without connecting it to the network, you'd pop one
of those on to keep the network self-tests happy.

Cheers,
entropy

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