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<DIV>I beleave the tech spec. is <FONT color=#ff007f>19"</FONT> total length. If you go longer??? There is a place on Colvin near Mable that will make cables. Recommand shielded.<BR><BR><B><I>Asheville Joe <josephj@main.nc.us></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I'm sure one of the hardware experts will have a better answer, but...<BR>If you look hard enough, or make your own, you can have a longer IDE <BR>cable. I believe the main issue is that the maximum length is part of <BR>the definition of the interface. All this means is that if you make it <BR>longer, performance may suffer, but a little bit longer will probably <BR>not be a problem. Making your own cable is easy. All you need is an <BR>appropriate piece of ribbon cable, the correct insualtion displacement <BR>connectors and a bench vise to squeeze them on with. The only tricky <BR>part is making sure pin one on each of the connectors is connected to <BR>the same wire on the ribbon (usually marked with a colored stripe on the <BR>edge of the cable).<BR><BR>Joe<BR><BR>Joshua Altemoos wrote:<BR><BR>>Hello,<BR>><BR>>IS there a loner type of ide cables becuase the way my computer is!
set<BR>>teh common Master Slave IDE cable will not reach. I need the part<BR>>between master and slave ports extened by 2-4". Is there such a thing?<BR>><BR>><BR>>Josh<BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV><p><hr SIZE=1>
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