On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 06:03:04PM +0100, Bill Sloman wrote: > At 12:52 24-3-2006, Karel Kulhavy wrote: > > >On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 11:04:04AM +0100, Bill Sloman wrote: > >> At 05:21 24-3-2006, you wrote: > >> >DJ Delorie wrote: > >> > > >> >>It's not the drivers that mess up, it's the octal latch. > >> > > >> > > >> >if the existing latch is in the interface with ribbon cable to the > >> >PC - there's your problem. > >> > >> Have you grounded every second wire in the ribbon cable? It sounds > >> extravagant, but if you need shielding, that's a commonly used way of > >> getting it. > > > >It isn't. If it were, there would be no rule that UTP cables should be > >put min. 20cm apart from power lines. > > Unshielded twisted pairs being used where and for what purpose, Karel?
Czech Republic, Ethernet. > > There are so many possible explanations for this requirement, in so > many possible contexts, that it seems unlikely that this "rule" > actually supports your claim. What other explanation comes to your mind apart from interference problem? CL< > > Bill Sloman, Nijmegen > > >