On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 06:10:37 GMT, Bennett Price
<bjpriceNOSPAM@itsa.ucsf.edu> wrote:

>DaveW wrote:
>> You plan on using "UNshielded CAT 5 cable" as a 25 foot USB 2 cable? Well,
>> I think you'll greatly enjoy the data corruption from the noise interference
>> your cable will be subject to. Why bother with Standards anyway...
>>
>That's why I'm asking. As for Standards, reread what I said about
>parallel printer and RS-232 serial cables.


You weren't guaranteed a printer cablel would work at 75
feet either. Was it even in EPP mode? Did you want to
force a slow USB mode? I suggest you just use a USB
Repeater Cable, this is what they are made to do.