Re: IDE Extension cable??

I've never seen an IDE extension cable. The 80-pin IDE cables are almost all
very limited in length, because the standard calls for a maximum cable length of
18".

A Dimension XPS-R will not take advantage of the faster throughput afforded by
the 80-pin ultra IDE cable, but the Promise card might.

All I can suggest is a longer 40-pin IDE cable, which may limit slightly the
performance of the hard drives attached to the Promise. I have some 24" 40-pin
IDE cables here, with the second drive connector placed 16" from one end. They
were originally in some old full-height tower cases. Contact me off-line if
you'd like to buy one for a few bucks. Your email address leads me to infer
that you are in NYC, so first class mail would be quick from here to there.

.... Ben Myers

ben_myers@xxxxxxxxxxx

On 30 Sep 2005 09:26:00 -0400, <ahall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>In my old Dim XPS-R I have a dead
>IDE channel.
>
>I put in a Promise IDE card with two
>channels, and it recognizes and can
>read from my seagate tape drive, but
>it cannot write to it (the software
>thinks the tapes are write protected,
>I expect some subtle incompatibility
>between the IDE controller and the tape
>drive.
>
>So I thought I would move my hard drives
>from the MB IDE connector to the new
>one, but the cable is not long enough,
>by about 5".
>
>Is there such a thing as a IDE extension
>cord? Or would I need a new, longer cable.
>
>If so, are all 80 pin IDE cables the same?
>
>I believe I saw Tom Scales say that the
>cable select property was built into the
>cable, but I do not see any mention of
>that in the Froggle search.
>
>I suppose I should just buy a new box, but
>the kids like some of their old games on the
>98 box...
>
>ah
>
>
>--
>Andrew Hall
>(Now reading Usenet in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell...)

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