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From: Rod Speed
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 00:00

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Robert Baer wrote in message <3668F843.2C0F@olywa.net>...

> The typical IDE controller cable, wether for one drive or two,
> is about 20 inches long, and there is no way to extend them,
> and one should never attempt to extend the length!

Thats going too far. There are some longer than the typical, and they work fine.

> The signal path length cannot be too long for timing
> reasons, and to preserve signal waveform integrity.

Yes, but you havent actually established that those
a bit longer than the typical suffer from that problem.

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From: "Rod Speed" <rspeed@dragnet.com.au>
Subject: Re: second hard drive
Date: 1998/12/05
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