[torontocbm] Re: Length of serial cable
- From: joseph palumbo <jppbm@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 19:02:32 -0700 (PDT)
I have 1. New: 18-foot serial cord for Commodore packaged for $21 (sticker
price) and a few New 8-foot serial "extension cords" for Commodore still
packaged for $9 each...
I'm not sure if they ever made any longer then that....
Joseph Palumbo
JP PBM Products By Mail
www.jppbm.com
--- On Fri, 4/3/09, Daniel Kovacs <danielkovacs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Daniel Kovacs <danielkovacs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [torontocbm] Re: Length of serial cable
To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Received: Friday, April 3, 2009, 4:08 PM
I'm building an entertainment centre in my basement with a bunch of my game
systems in it, and the plan is to have my C128 on the level I can type at
and the drives up on a shelf - 6-7 feet away. I only have short IEC cables,
so was thinking of building my own. I haven't started anything yet.
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leif Bloomquist" <leif@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 11:25 AM
Subject: [torontocbm] Re: Length of serial cable
> 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
>
>
>
> --
> Leif Bloomquist
> leif(at)schemafactor(dot)com
> http://home.ica.net/~leifb/
>
> "It's better to light a candle, than curse the darkness." -
Chinese
> Proverb
>
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