>> similar. 422 by the way is specified to go almost 1000 feet, while
>> with 232 you are lucky to get over 10 feet. Regards - Mike
> That's not true. Serial cable can go for a good many feet before
> the signal breaks down (someone should pipe in with actual data ;)
450 feet at 9600 bps through multi strand sheilded cable. This was
between two buildings and ran through a drain to get under a road.
19200 bps was tried but was error prone. dropping the speed to 9600
bps worked.
Lee.
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