Subject: Re: serial null modem
To: None <netbsd-users@NetBSD.org>
From: Diana Eichert <deichert@wrench.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 07/11/2003 06:41:02
On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 10:16:00AM +0200, Caloro Maurizio wrote:
> dear group,
> 
> i have heard that max 15 meter i can use for a serial cable (null modem)
> to work with a terminal session.
> its possible to use a serial booster, oder has any one here a serial
> cable longer that 15 meters ?

It really depends on the baud rate across the cable.  Back in my
VAX+VT100 system days we used to run 9600 baud several hundred feet across
a multi-story building.

Best thing to do is try it as was mentioned in another post.

g.day