Re: ide / usb problem

Andre Hedrick (andre@linux-ide.org)
Tue, 27 Feb 2001 05:10:01 -0800 (PST)


On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 03:23:18PM -0500, Mark Hahn wrote:
> > > the cable length in mind. Anybody out there know if there's a max cable
> > > length for the ATA/100 spec??
> >
> > 18", like *all* ide/ata cables.
>
> Actually the ATA/66 and ATA/100 cables are specified to be exactly 18",
> not longer, not shorter.

Not exactly the case, but I do not want to cause more headaches by showing
the method of variation that will work in many cases. Thus 45cm or 18"
will do..

Cheers,

Andre Hedrick
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