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Re: Serial Connection Distance
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Date: 
Sat, 12 Jun 1999 00:30:50 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Richard Dee writes:
Once upon a time, (on Fri, 11 Jun 1999 16:41:54 GMT, to be precise!), Tom
McDonald uttered the following profundities....
How long can a cable be that connects serial ports together before it has to
be amplified? I've heard parallel port cables shouldn't be more than 6'

TIA

-Tom McD.
when replying, please wipe your feet on the spamcake before entering.


Shouldn't this be:"when replying, please ensure maximum
spamcake/message seperation requirements are exceeded"??

hehe, uh, yeah, uh, that's it. :D

BTW, nevermind the question. I found out that it's a 12V connection to be used
so it'll go further than I thought. I was thinking it was only 5V.

-Tom McD.
when replying, note that anti-spamcake has never successfully powered a
starship.



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Once upon a time, (on Fri, 11 Jun 1999 16:41:54 GMT, to be precise!), Tom McDonald uttered the following profundities.... (...) Shouldn't this be:"when replying, please ensure maximum spamcake/message seperation requirements are exceeded"?? (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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