[Coco] 25 foot DW cable

[Gene Heskett]

On Sunday 23 December 2018 17:38:42 Bill Pierce via Coco wrote:

> To add to my reply, both Gene & I were using USB to DB9 adapters so
> our length would be attributed to the USB.
>
Just one thing I should point Bill and all, Prolific 2303 family  
adapters are like windows, not allowed on the property. They are 
apparently somehow broken.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Marlette <mmarlette at frontiernet.net>
> To: Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sun, Dec 23, 2018 1:38 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] 25 foot DW cable
>
> Max. cable length spec for RS-232 is 15 meters.
> Beyond that I would go to RS422/RS485, good to 1500 meters.
> Mark Marlette
>  http://www.cloud9tech.com
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>
>     On Sunday, December 23, 2018, 12:26:05 PM CST, Bill Pierce via
> Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote: 
>
>  I think Gene was running one at about 100 feet or more. I did have a
> 50 footer going at one time.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rietveld rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com>
> To: Coco mailing list <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sun, Dec 23, 2018 12:55 pm
> Subject: [Coco] 25 foot DW cable
>
> Just built a 25 foot drivewire cable and it works perfectly at this
> length I am not sure how long you can go with a DW cable but the 25ft
> works great
>
> I picked up 3 windows 2000 computers from my church. 2 Compaq and 1
> IBM. I am going to use them as stand alone servers for my coco3,
> coco1, and TDP.
>
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Cheers, Gene Heskett
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