[LINK] 18 January 1960 - working on the sydney-melbourne coax

[Marghanita da Cruz]

On 21/1/22 10:46 am, Roger Clarke wrote:

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> It would be interesting to know how well and how long that cable coped.

Wikipedia to the rescue: "The Sydney-Melbourne co-axial cable was 
officially opened on 9 April 1962.[2]" 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Australia

and the facebook post source: 
https://www.smh.com.au/technology/from-the-archives-three-capitals-now-linked-by-coaxial-cable-20190403-p51ae2.html

> (And don't start me on the capture of family history data ...).
Put together some stuff in 2005 - but my brother asked about it this 
week - alas it is in HTML on a CD...an old fashioned printed book now 
seems a very  impressive a medium!

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