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- From: vnelson@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Gerald Vernon Nelson)
- Subject: EIA 232 Cable Distances
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.042104.1461@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
- Sender: vnelson@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Gerald Vernon Nelson)
- Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 04:21:04 GMT
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- In jjhayes@nbrwh75.bnr.ca (Jeff Hayes) writes:
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- >well i can only tell you about empirical eveidence. I ran a multi-user
- >RSX11m DEC system years ago in a noisy shop floor env and had 3 VT100s
- >about 150' away from the Mini-box and never a breath of a problem.
- >So you can push the specs! but listen for other comments too.
-
- I used to work for the Computer Services Dept. at the University of Manitoba.
- We ran a lot of 9600 baud ASCII around campus using twisted pair and
- 4 conductor wire.
-
- I can't remember exact numbers, but distances were well over 1000 ft.
- One 100 pair cable ran from the 6th floor of the Engineering building,
- down to the basement, through tunnels to another building,
- and up to the 5th floor of that building.
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- Cable between buildings is presently being replaced with fibre optics.
- As stated, the RS232 standard is severe overkill. Lengths of several
- hundred feet are reliable using twisted pair cable.
-
- Vern Nelson
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