[Ham-Computers] USB Cable Length

[Dale Miller]

WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
> Dale,
>
> The two types of cables that mostly come up on for example MicroCenter web 
> site when you search for Centronics to USB cable have either the 36 pin 
> Amphenol Blue Ribbon male or the DM25 female.  The former would plug directly 
> into a USB port and a printer.  The latter apparently would attach to the 
> computer end of an existing parallel printer cable.  But nowhere in the 
> write-ups do they say that that is what the cable is for.  
>
> As I already have two of the USB to Centronics cables (one is long enough 
> but the other isn't), a USB extension cable would also solve the problem.  
> But that comes back to my original question.  What's the maximum length 
> allowed for the two cables together?
>   

The maximum length of a Hi-Speed usb cable is 16' 5".

Google is your friend, I had to google it cause I couldn't remember the 
right answer.


http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=%22max+length+of+usb+cable%22&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=%22max+length+of+usb+cable%22&fp=CGM4k02K5DI

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