Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!ucsd!ucbvax!decwrl!hplabs!hpda!hpcuhb!hp-sde!hpfcdc!hpldola!hp-lsd!hpcsla!hpcsrc!bdale From: bdale@hpcsrc.HP.COM (Bdale Garbee) Newsgroups: comp.periphs Subject: Re: Questions on SCSI device interfacing... Message-ID: <180003@hpcsrc.HP.COM> Date: 2 Aug 88 23:36:03 GMT References: <433@icus.UUCP> Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division Lines: 9 >You must have a different definition of 'really close' than I do. I've >seen Mac drives on cables about 10 feet long. I *THINK* it will go the >full 20 ft. in the spec., but haven't personally seen it. Anything will work for somebody, somewhere. Try running in a high-RF noise environment sometime... fully shielded differential cables work, most else doesn't... Bdale