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Article #6540Re: EIA-232 cable length restrictions
From: Jeff Hayes
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 22:01
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 22:01
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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. In article <1992Aug17.192021.4354@miles.com>, jep@miles.com (Joseph Perry) writes: _]I'm trying to determine the maximum cable length for EIA-232 connections. _]EIA-232 specifies that the effective shunt capacitance of the receiver _]side of the interchange circuit be no more that 2500 picofarads. _] -- jeff hayes ESN 333-3894 phone (416) 452-3894 jjhayes@400gate.bnr.ca Northern Telecom, Prod Tech, Bramalea Ont
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Newsgroups: sci.electronics,comp.dcom.modems Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!utcsri!torn!cunews!nrcnet0!bnrgate!bcars267!nbrwh75!jjhayes From: jjhayes@nbrwh75.bnr.ca (Jeff Hayes) Subject: Re: EIA-232 cable length restrictions Message-ID: <1992Aug17.220158.10632@bnr.ca> Sender: news@bnr.ca (usenet) Nntp-Posting-Host: nbrwh75 Reply-To: jjhayes@x400gate.bnr.ca Organization: Northern Telecom Public Switching, Bramalea Product Tech. S908 References: <1992Aug17.192021.4354@miles.com> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 22:01:58 GMT Lines: 15