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Article #202Re: New 24" Rounded IDE & Floppy Cables $11 Each
From: Strider
Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 19:40
Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 19:40
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"chili" <chilihead@onlink.net> wrote in message news:ac7uv5$aia$1@onlink3.onlink.net... > I have been using them now for about a year and have not had any "data > corruption" or at least noticeably, and they do look cool. I have blue for > my hard drives, green for my writers and dark red for my floppies. Looks > real "tekie." :) > > chili Well, maybe you haven't but it has been shown that they are less reliable than standard ribbon cables. Also the ones he is advertisig are 24" which is over the 18" recommended spec for HD's, which can alo lead to data corruption. 'You takes your chances'. I don't.
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