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In article <EFuAKL.K0n@cryton.demon.co.uk>, Hugo Fiennes
<URL:mailto:altman@cryton.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> *Serial* extender cables can cause problems, though. Bad FCS errors should
> never be affected by the length of a phone extension cable, as the modem
> (should be) error correcting the data, so that it's error free as it
> comes out of the socket on the back. The Bad FCS errors in this case appear
> to be interrupt loading - i.e. use a low bandwidth screen mode (basically, as
> low a screen memory usage as possible).


Aah no.  I'm not on about *length*, I'm on about *connections*.
As it happens, your /extensions/ should not exceed 100m anyway
because they do get bad (says that somewhere in an extension booklet
I have).
What I mean, is that if you plug lot of extensions into each other,
then there are more contact points on the line (where the little plug
plugs in).

And yes, serial extensions would no doubt cause problems.  Its always
best to have the serial cable into the modem, as short as possible.


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