->  TW>  I suspect you were Very Lucky. That is far beyond the
->  TW> "Suggested length" for a Parallel cable.

-> i've done some more research and have found that it was longer than 50feet long
-> but nothing, yet, indicating how long it actually was... recollection says
-> 75feet or 100feet...

-> now, whether or not there were boosters in the headends of the cable i cannot
-> say as i was not about to discect the moulded rubber/plastic ends to find
-> out... there was no indication that there were...

 I suspect that the cable then did include Line drivers in the molded
plug. 
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