[57] A method of extending a synchronous bus using an extender device that physically engages the synchronous bus, the method comprising the extender device: receiving a plurality of bus signals from the synchronous bus and driving the plurality of bus signals to a remote device via an interconnect, the interconnect having an arbitrarily long length; receiving return signals from the remote device over the interconnect, the return signals having a settling time that varies in relation to the length of the interconnect; establishing a hold-off interval, at least as long as the settling time of the return signals; and applying the return signals to the synchronous bus after the hold-off interval elapses, thereby ensuring that the return signals settle before they are applied to the synchronous bus, regardless of the length of the interconnect.
