Hackers' Pub

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Dźwiedziu @dzwiedziu@mastodon.social

2/19/2026, 7:24:51 AM

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@danDan Ports
The only thing cooler would be a CT scan of it to have a framed cross-section.

@alice🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄)

Dan Ports @dan@discuss.systems

2/19/2026, 7:34:18 AM

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@dzwiedziuDźwiedziu @alice🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄) I have some others that are cut away so you can see the layers. This is a segment of TAT-1, the first transatlantic voice cable (1955/1956).

Layers from inside to outside:
- a copper wire wrapped in copper tape
- a thick layer of polyethlene (newfangled at the time!) serving as a dielectric
- a wrap of copper tape for the return path
- layers of cloth tape, steel wires, and jute fibers to serve as armor

close-up of a cut-away section of a cable, with a center copper wire sticking out of the black polyethlene insulating layer, and a group of steel wires surrounding it

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