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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: Cabling between CPU and Keyboard ???
- Message-ID: <ppgnd6k@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: 13 Sep 92 04:11:06 GMT
- References: <1992Sep10.175951.29123@sdr.slb.com>
- Sender: news@zuni.esd.sgi.com (Net News)
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
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- In <1992Sep10.175951.29123@sdr.slb.com> lovell@sdr.slb.com (John Lovell) writes:
- | We have upgraded to the 4D/35 and together with a 1 gigabyte disk this is
- | making too much noise to be near the keyboard+screen. Does anyone know what the
- | maximum length of cable one can have between the cpu box and keyboard? Does SGI
- | sell such cable or should we get this from a third party. I guess we would like to
- | be about 50 foot away (to give room to route cable up wallsand across ceilings, etc).
-
- At one point we sold cables that were up to 75 feet. The monitor
- starts getting blurry at that point though. I don't know if
- those cables are still on the price list or not. I guess
- it is subjective as to noise. Some are bothered, others don't
- notice it after a short time (it becomes background noise).
-
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- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
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