At 05:32 PM 7/18/96 -0700, Cerridwyn Llewyellyn wrote:
a (hidden) drive to your computer using a reasonably surreptious link that is difficult to trace. Say, an IR optical link, a single bare (unjacketed) optical fiber, a LAN with hidden nodes, or a similar system. Maybe an
I find the idea of the optical fiber very interesting. Is there such a beast currently available? I really don't know anything about fiber, and therefore it would be very difficult for me to construct such a system myself...
Unjacketed fiber exists, but since its primary use is to build up jacketed fibers and fiber bundles, it is rarely seen in industry outside of the companies which normally use it. But it is available. The fiber is usually coated with a very thin layer of clear plastic to protect against moisture and abrasion, and the diameter is around 0.5 to 1.0 millimeters in diameter. Terminating fiber is specialized; it is cleaved using diamond tools, and is usually polished after mounting in a holder. These days, transmitters and receivers are easily available. For a relatively short run, plastic fibers would probably be the best bet. Jim Bell jimbell@pacifier.com