At 05:42 PM 8/20/98 +0200, you wrote:
>:I don't understand why the cable-sizes are different, for sending or
>:receiving!
>:Isn't it all in the same cable?
>
>Actually, both cables (both send/recv) should be the same size. Reason for
>that is that a different length is of no use, for you can't connect send to
>recv and vice versa for the connectors are different (male/female).
The length convention is part of the preliminary standard. If you think
it's a bad idea, say so, and we can discuss it. But please don't go telling
people they should make equal sized cables when the standard says they
shouldn't.
>In addition, when having different-size cables to the DIN-connectors you >can
>get unhandy situations like that the one cable is shorter than the other.
That would only be a problem in 2-computer networks.
The nice thing about the long/short convention is that the plugs are always
near the computer. If both cables are equally long, the plugs will end up
halfway between computers, which is less practical if for example 'halfway'
means the floor between two stands on a computer fair.
Bye,
Maarten
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