[torontocbm] Re: Length of serial cable
- From: Leif Bloomquist <leif@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 11:25:33 -0400
I've got an IEC cable that is about 10 feet long, and it works fine.
Probably not to spec, but it does work.
The programmer's reference guide gives timings and levels for the IEC
bus, someone could probably take those numbers to derive the maximum
allowable cable length . Or did Commodore give a spec somewhere?
-Leif
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Tom Luff <tomluff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> How long do you need your cable???
> Standard IEC cable for the Floppy Disk Drives are about 3 feet, for printers
> they can be 6 feet but are a little larger in diameter due to the thicker
> wire. Thin wires loss signal strength over greater distance.
>
> Cat 5 cable I think is alright.
>
> Tom L
>
> --- On Thu, 4/2/09, Daniel Kovacs <danielkovacs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Daniel Kovacs <danielkovacs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [torontocbm] Length of serial cable
> To: "Toronto CBM" <torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Received: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 8:27 PM
>
> Hi Everyone;
>
> I'm sure this has been asked before ...
>
> How long can an IEC cable be? Has anyone here built one with cat 5 cable?
>
> Dan
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