Re: Limits of ADB...?

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dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff) wrote:

>Hardware question here...
>
>I got this brilliant idea that I could run some cable downstairs and
>operate my IIgs from the living room, using the TV set there as a monitor,
>or hooking up a second monitor.
>
>The question is...How far can I go with an ADB cable?  Can I successfully
>use an S-Video cable as an ADB extension?  Has anyone tried going, say,
>50' with a GS keyboard and mouse?  I'm thinking that a pair of video
>cables and a long keyboard cable would do the trick...  (pair of video
>cables 'cause the whole idea is to pipe the signal through my VOC...)

It is possible.  One of the people formerly at Quality Computers
wrote in an issue of Enhance that he did the exact same thing
(minus the VOC).  ADB was built for this kind of stuff.

And if you have LOS (line of sight) you can even use one of
those fancy infrared ADB transponders so you would not have
to use an actual 50' cable.  ;-)