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>Also, Parnet cables should never be more than 25 feet long (supposedly)
>because it may cause the CIA chip on the parallel port to burn up. I had
>as many as 6 Amigas Parnetted and Sernetted to each other at one time and
>never used a cable longer than 12 feet just to be safe. (CIA chips are
>difficult to find these days!!)
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> -David Warner
> Event Horizon Graphics
Hi. I'm using a parnet cable between my 1200 and my 2500 that is
35' long. I had an engineer friend build it for me. He used special
"low capacitance" cable.. he explained to me that each wire in
the cable is wrapped with "string" to prevent crosstalk between
the wires and thus allow a longer run. I spoke with Redmond Cable
about this (planning to order a long cable from them because
my two machines are in different rooms and thus the cable has to
go around corners, etc.) and they told me that using this type
of cable one could run a 45' max Parnet cable.
But their price for such a cable was prohibitive so I had my
friend build it for me for some software I had.
(By the way, this friend of mine is Creative Computer's former
head tech repair manager and also the guy who repairs every broken
Opalvision card for Centaur, with a full repair lab in one room
of his house, he really knows his stuff).
I've had my two Amigas connected this way for months now. The
parnet delivers ZERO errors and I've noticed no ill effects on either