[BC] computer question

[D. Little]

The official spec for 1.1 says 5 meters, but usually USB will go quite a bit 
further.  On the old TechTv Screensavers show they extended a webcam to 100 
feet.  Of course one could always put a cheap hub inline.


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From: "DANA PUOPOLO" <dpuopolo at usa.net>
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> USB is usually limited to 15 feet of so without a repeater.
>
> -D
>
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> Received: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 06:52:44 AM PDT
> From: "D. Little" <DL-Little at wiu.edu>
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> Could you use a USB mouse?
>
> That wouldn't answer the question "why", but maybe you could get it 
> working.
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>>I suppose if you get truly desperate, you could use an old serial mouse 
>>and
>> extension cord.
>>
>> -D
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>> From: Robert Meuser <Robertm at broadcast.net>
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>> Belkin does not cut it, you need a REAL extension.  Been there, done 
>> that.
>>
>> OR
>>
>> as I said earlier and others have said, get a KVM extender.
>>
>> R
>>
>>
>> jvodenik wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Jeff, yes, the 2 computers are exactly the same, except for the
>>>operating systems.  I also tried a plain old PS2 mouse, no optical,
>>>nothing but a mouse.  It will work when plugged into the computer
>>>directly.  It also works on the other computer, matter of fact, it is
>>>the one we use all the time.  There is no KMV switch in this system,
>>>just the cable connectors.  The extention cables are made by Belkin (?),
>>>so they should be good qquality.
>>>
>>>John
>>>Subject: Re: [BC] computer question
>>>
>>>Hello John,
>>>
>>>It appears that the motherboard of the no-op computer does not like the
>>>extra reactance of the long extension. It is an identical m'board to the
>>>
>>>one that works??
>>>
>>>Are you using an optical mouse? Perhaps the extra current draw of the
>>>LEDs
>>>is making things unhappy. Is there a KVM switch involved??
>>>
>>>I'd try a ball mouse on a premium extension cable.
>>>
>>>Jeff.Johnson at rfproof.com,CSRE
>>>RFPROOF.COM
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>The router can be controlled from the rack mounted mouse/keyboard, and
>>>>with a "real" mouse plugged in.
>>>>I can't make the final connections until I can operate the system from
>>>>
>>>>
>>>the
>>>
>>>
>>>>operator's console.
>>>>I need to remove the audio lines from the old 3-M system and move them
>>>>
>>>>
>>>to
>>>
>>>
>>>>the SAS 32KD system.
>>>>
>>>>Anywho..thanks for any and all help.
>>>>
>>>>John @ VOA / Delano
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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