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Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:41:00 -0600
From: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
Subject: Re: RS232 / TCP converter and BSD. 
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Chuck Swiger writes:
> Data centers use that for serial connections to stuff like Cisco routers
> and other terminal applications all the time. However, if the device is
> truly RS-232 rather than 422/423, it's nominally out of spec past 50 
> meters
> and possibly won't go past 9600 baud.

	I was wondering about that when I wrote my long-winded
response. I was confused and thought the maximum length for
RS-232 was longer than it is. 70 meters is almost 25% out of
range which is kind of pushing things.