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Originally Posted by Kal
Not exactly on topic but an interesting tidbit - at work the other day I saw someone connect 7 USB extension cables end to end - would have been a total cable length of maybe 7-8 metres or so. The barcode scanner on the end of it all still worked OK!  |
I'm not too surprised it would work for some devices... but cable length is very dependent on the particular device with USB. I bet if you put a canon DSLR on the end and tried downloading an image it'd die. Talking to a RS232 converter/telescope over that length would likely work though.
Roger.