Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!peck From: peck@ral.rpi.edu (Joseph Peck) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Extension cords in general: Getting away from it all. Message-ID: Date: 3 Aug 90 18:56:49 GMT References: <85117@srcsip.UUCP> Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY Lines: 18 In article <85117@srcsip.UUCP> carpent@SRC.Honeywell.COM (Todd Carpenter) writes: > >I have a rather hairbrained idea: (Well, numerous ones. But you knew that) > > I want to extend my keyboard, mouse and moniter a *long* way away from my > Amiga. I don't need the box (2500/30) for the floppy, since everything I do > is based off the hard drive. > I would like to add two more to his list. How long can the RGB cable be extended, and how long can the composite video cable from an A500 video add-on-thingy be? I would like to be able to put a monitor or composite TV in a different room than the CPU, but don't really want to overload the video drivers and have to read smoke signals! Thanks, Joe Peck peck@ral.rpi.edu