[Coco] Multipak redesign/replacement

[Gene Heskett]

On Wednesday 25 February 2015 00:17:52 Al Hartman wrote:
> Yes, we did. It was sold as a Multi-Pak Extender cable. It got good reviews
> in Rainbow, was a good seller via mail order and at Rainbowfests, and as
> the phone tech support for Spectrum Projects, I got nary a call about them.
>
> It was a good quality cable with gold connectors.
>
> The shielding made it a bit stiff, but that's the only drawback.

And that good ground from the shielding is what made it work, thanks for 
clarifying that Al.
>
> -[ Al ]-
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gene Heskett
>
> > You should read the above as:
> >
> > ...such cable is not designed for such speeds [in the configuration Bob
> > Rosen used] and should not be used...
>
> I  suspect that Bob did NOT have an MPI on the far end of that cable, which
> IMO would have exacerbated the problems to the point it didn't work all
> that well. A Y socket for 2 packs may have worked for all I know.
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
> --
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Cheers, Gene Heskett
-- 
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>