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From: pgf@space.mit.edu (Peter G. Ford)
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Subject: Re: TAAC and Dunn/Matrix camera on long lines
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I, too, run a Sun/260C with TAAC and Dunn/Matrix Multicolor, and have
experimented with various cable extensions.  Anything longer than the
cable supplied by Sun seems to cause some ghosting, but the severity
varies with the configuration, specifically:

* The sequence Sun->Taac->Multicolor->Monitor is a better impedence
  match than Sun->Taac->Monitor->Multicolor. The DC resistance really
  doesn't make any difference. It's the impedences within the video
  bandwidth that must match.

* High-quality 75 ohm cable makes a difference. Use the best.

* Make sure that each of the 4 R-G-B-S cables is the same length.

Please let me know how this works out. I'd like to extend my own monitor
cable to about 50', but haven't found a really satisfactory solution yet
myself.

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