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MAX. IDE Cable length ? (modified 0 times) Cyberswine Profile Does anybody know what the MAXIMUM length of cable is that an IDE drive will reliably still work with ??? (I'm planning to install my 3.5" HDD outside the IO.) Thank you 01-19-2001 20:43:56

RE:MAX. IDE Cable length ? (modified 0 times) beaviskob1 Profile I have a cable about22 inches running to a self powered dual enclosure with 3.5 hdd and cd but never got cd up yet. No problems with hd cut out flash card area and routed thru there. Used 1/2 of amiga 1200 hdd cable for 44 pin connector and soildered to reg full 40 pin ide cable. Not pretty but works. 01-20-2001 02:30:22

RE:MAX. IDE Cable length ? (modified 0 times) ckbone Profile There have been some posts about cable lengths of 36"....mine is 25". 18" to my cdrom with another 7" to the hard drive. Everything works fine. I think you'll just have to try it....... 01-20-2001 03:40:04

RE:MAX. IDE Cable length ? (modified 0 times) Cyberswine Profile Thanks for your replies. I took your advice and have succesfully extended the IDE bus outside the IO with a 6 feet SCSI cable, and it works great! 01-20-2001 17:41:06

RE:MAX. IDE Cable length ? (modified 0 times) Tackhead Profile Cyberswine: Six *feet*! Wow! A record! The spec's 18". I'm probably 2-3 feet (24-36") including the length of the cable inside the unit. Six feet... well, I'm no longer worried about my two-foot cable 01-23-2001 10:42:30

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