Date   : Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:37:03 +0100
From   : Mike Tomlinson <mike@...>
Subject: Re: 8 bitter list (Was: Re: Keyboard)

In article <44395FA3.9040001@...>, Fragula
<fragula@...> writes

>BTW what you (all of you) think about the idea of sticking a dongle with
>some fast buffers on the Tube, for the purpose connecting half a dozen
>or so (dissimilar) cheesewedge 2nd processors on it, powered one at a
>time enforced from a selection switch? The 2nd processor boxes captive
>cables each joined with IDC sockets onto a single longish (1.5M or so)
>IDC cable, i.e. simultaneously connected, but only one powered.
>(possibly with some passive termination at the end...)

Uh, I think you'll be very lucky if it works at all, never mind works
reliably over 1.5m+ with that sort of loading on it.

OTPH, I had a Watford universal copro box hanging off my Beeb with the
standard cable replaced with a 1m one.  That worked, much to my surprise
(IIRC, Watford buffered the Tube inside the box.)

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