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Re: [Digital BW] Digest Number 2561

2004-10-24 by William John Smith

On Oct 24, 2004, at 1:08 PM, 
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com wrote:

> Message: 3
>    Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 18:16:19 +0200
>    From: "sinwen" <sinwen@...>
> Subject: Re: Printer in next room - how?
>
> It is a matter of distance, 15/20m is not possible with any USB or 
> IEEE cable

By using repeaters you can extend Firewire, in 10 meter sections, to 
well over
75 meters.  It does take high end cables, see 
http://www.granitedigital.com/
and the repeaters can be had for under $100 each.  This is with no loss
in speed.
If you are going to run cable why not ethernet?


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