Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 22:14:04 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@kryten.Atinc.COM> To: Peter Bechtold <peterb@muc.de> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Want to setup a quasi X-Terminal Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9507252211.D22486-0100000@kryten.atinc.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950726035325.217I-100000@fns.muc.de>
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On Wed, 26 Jul 1995, Peter Bechtold wrote:
> since my computer is a little too loud to sleep next to it (at least
> my girl friend thinks so), I'm planning to setup a diskless FreeBSD pc
> as an X-Terminal.
tough choice--girl friend vs computer. its not a laptop, i take
it ;) (see dilbert of 7/12 ?)
> PS: BTW, what do you think: How long can a printer cable (parallel) be ?
i have seen 80 feet work. aint done it myself, but i have seen
it work.
> How about serial ?
john mc namara in _technical_aspects_of_data_communications_ 3rd
edition, appendix a has graphs of distance vs baud. (fig a-9). using 22
awg 4 conductor inside station wire dec pn 9105856-04 (anyone got a catalog?)
driven by 1488's with 1489 receivers, the data points are:
feet
baud unshielded
110 3000
300 3000
1200 3000
2400 500
4800 250
9600 250
take it for what it is worth.
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