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

[Marghanita da Cruz]

PS and ofcourse Google

On 21/1/22 6:43 pm, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
> On 21/1/22 10:46 am, Roger Clarke wrote:
>
> <snip>
>> 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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Marghanita da Cruz
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