I'm on for Zone 4....
contact me here k8do@aol.com
or
Dennis O'Connor DO
po box 439
Hemlock, Mi 48626
(517) 642-8310
>From w6go@netcom.com (Jay O'Brien - W6GO) Thu Jul 13 17:56:37 1995
From: w6go@netcom.com (Jay O'Brien - W6GO) (Jay O'Brien - W6GO)
Subject: RS-232 extenders
Message-ID: <199507131656.JAA18868@netcom16.netcom.com>
For those who are looking for an inexpensive way to link computers over
a distance too great for RS-232, I suggest you contact R.E. Smith, 4311
Tylersville Road, Hamilton, OH 45011. 513 874-4796.
I am using two of his RSCOM units here in the W6GO PacketCluster node.
The 9600 bps link TNC is in another building here, and I have a multi-pair
telephone cable between the buildings which carries telephone lines,
rotator controls and the like. The link has been running flawlessly at
19200 bps over the telephone cable for over a year. His specs indicate
that these units will run RS-485 between them at distances of 4000 feet.
The RSCOM units are $49 each. He also sells the modular cables and
plugs to go between the RSCOMs and the computers. He has several other
alternatives, including an RS-422 converter at $29 each and opto-isolated
automatic baud rate units for much more.
I have found Ron to be very accessable and helpful. If you contact
him, be sure to tell him Jay O'Brien sent you (I'm not his agent, I just
want him to know I'm happy enough with his equipment to recommend it to
others).
73, Jay
w6go@netcom.com
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