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From: jdickson@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Jeff Dickson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Tape Drives, Parnet & CIA's
Message-ID: <1991Apr3.193247.13318@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>
Date: 3 Apr 91 19:32:47 GMT
References: <16081.27f751e7@levels.sait.edu.au>
Reply-To: jdickson@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Jeff Dickson)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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In article <16081.27f751e7@levels.sait.edu.au> etac@levels.sait.edu.au writes:
>
>        My flat mate also has an A1000 and we're trying to run
>Parnet to network the two machine.  We've made two cables
>one about 10 inches the other about 15 metres. The short one
>works fine but the long one just won't go. I've checked the
>cable a thousand times. I can't see whats wrong.

	10 inches VS 15 metres (approx 1 yard X 15 = 45 feet). Try attenuation.

>        Is this all due to just the poor drive of the 8520 CIA
>chips or what?

	I wouldn't go as far to say poor drive. Overdrive - yes.
>
>thanks
>
>Andrew Chalmers.
>
>Digital Communication Group D.C.G.
>University of South Australia