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zero wrote:
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> just thinking for once - Shuttle use normal ide flat cables but cut into
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> about 5 wires then concatened together , so side on :-
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> maybe thats the best compromise
That's how many round cables are made. Defeats the purpose of having a
ground between each pair of signal conductors.
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> "Timothy Daniels" <TDaniels@NoSpamDot.com> wrote in message
> news:2qednQVamLBxzSLcRVn-ig@comcast.com...
>> "zero" wrote:
>> > Remember reading about signam loss on this type
>> > ages ago but seen soem Belkin ones which look
>> > pretty serious
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>> > as long as they're 80wire which is 40 signal and
>> > 40 to prevent inteference( or similar ) isnt that
>> > sufficient ?
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>> The ATA specs are very strict about limits on
>> total lengths and distances between connectors.
>> That said, I use 80-wire round cables (the kind
>> with the braided aluminum shielding), and
>> I've had no problems with them in 1 1/2 years
>> (that I *know* of). I use 3-connector and 2-connector
>> cables for my 3 ATA/133 hard drives and my DVD
>> and Zip drives, and I use a shielded round cable
>> for the floppy drive as well. Perhaps significantly,
>> only the DVD drive has a cable longer than the ATA
>> spec allows. If it weren't for the round cables,
>> the interior of the PC would be choked by ribbon
>> cables, and the ventilation would surely suffer.
>> If you've got mucho drives, go with round cables.
>> I like the ones with the braid shielding, but I really
>> don't know if the shielding has a significant effect.
>> The ones with the pull tabs on the connectors are
>> considerably easier to unplug than the ones
>> without the pull tabs. The price varies considerably
>> from retailer to retailer, and from time to time, so
>> shop around.
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