minow@decvax.UUCP (Martin Minow) (02/06/84)
Just because the keyboard and screen are connected by what looks like a telephone extension cord with modular plugs, don't assume you can use a telephone extension cord to move the keybord further away. The current levels of some of the signals may well exceed the capacity of the cord, and you may have a non-working keybord as a result. For example, the cord Dec uses to connect the keybord to the screen in the DECmate II, Rainbow, Professional, and VT200 series is specially made for this application with appropriate current capacities. Martin Minow decvax!minow
paul@dual.UUCP (Baker) (02/22/84)
Also, of course, try to resist the temptation to plug it into a telephone jack. Paul.