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- From: reinarts@winternet.com (Tim Reinarts)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: How long serial and parallel null modem cable can be?
- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 96 13:08:30 GMT
- Organization: StarNet Communications
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- In article <DLpyvA.MF1@emi.net>, ajt@emi.net (Al Testani) wrote:
- >yejst+@pitt.edu (Jo) wrote:
- >
- >>Is there anybody who knows about that?
- >
- >>Thanks
- >
- >Travelling Software (makers of LapLink) have a paper on their faxback
- >system that says that parallel cables can be a total of 20 feet and
- >serial cables 100 feet. I have made a serial null cable (shielded
- >wire) that is 125 feet long and it appears to work reliably but I
- >can't say this conclusively as I have only been using it for a very
- >short time.
- >
- >
- >Al
- >
- >===========================================================
- > Al Testani ============= Boca Raton, FL ============== ajt@emi.net
- >===========================================================
- >
- RS232 standard says 50 feet without drivers
-