Wiring terminals 300 ft. from the computer

Conor P. Cahill cpcahil at virtech.uucp
Thu Sep 20 20:14:17 AEST 1990


In article <1990Sep19.083601.21364 at pilikia.pegasus.com> art at pilikia.pegasus.com (Art Neilson) writes:
>50 feet is supposed to be the max for serial cable, however I've seen runs
>up to ~500 feet or so with no problems.  Your milage may vary.  4-wire is
>usually good enuf, with a breakout box you can play with the signals and
>figure out which ones your box and tubes require.

The longer the run, the more help a shielded cable will be (over a
non-shielded).  We have runs of about 200' off of a megaport with no 
problems running at 38.4.  They (Equinox) also have a special card 
that allows runs up to 1000'.


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