5 Sep
2002
5 Sep
'02
11:07 a.m.
From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)"
<cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
> > similar. 422 by the way is specified to go almost 1000 feet, while with
232
> you are
lucky to get over 10 feet. Regards - Mike
On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
That's not true. Serial cable can go for a
good many feet before the
signal breaks down (someone should pipe in with actual data ;)
It'll handle way more than its spec calls for. When researching the
content for "RS232 Solution", Joe Campbell ran it through a couple of
thousand feet of wire (on a spool). Well, I guess that by being on a
spool, the two ends were less than 10 feet apart. :-)
The original IBM PC Parallel Printer Port was the one that was spec'ed at
10 feet (3 meters). I often ran 30 feet with it.
I have no idea what the spec is for 1284.