On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 08:12:27 -0500, Don{ald} O. Woodall wrote:

>
>In , on 12/03/2004 
>   at 06:38 AM, Felix Miata  said:
>
>
>>Don{ald} O. Woodall wrote:
>> 
>>>      For the 2 ATA drives I am about to buy, if I were to use a flat 40
>>> line ribbon cable it would be close to the following.
>> 
>>>           ______________________ _______ 
>>>          0                      21      24 inches
>
>>That's illegal. Maximum under the ATA spec is 18".
>
>Felix
>
>     Then why do I see them selling 24" and 36" cables at NewEgg?
>


Because of my case configuration I have been using 24" cables for over
two years with 
no problems.

Duncan Way



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