[Gllug] IDE cables

[Bruce Richardson]

On 9/14/01, 11:55:37 AM, "Jackson, Harry" <HJackson at colt-telecom.com> wrote 
regarding RE: [Gllug] IDE cables :

> > -----Original Message-----
> Be aware that some motherboards have an inch or two of track so add this 
as
> well. I have been quoted 16". There are also some IDE interfaces that
> electrically double the length of the cable so you can halve that amount. 
I
> am not sure which ones do this but they do exist.

> Some IDE interfaces use a checksum (probably the newer ones) to negate
> system hangs etc but this is to the detriment of speed. I am not sure 
which
> ones do this either but a check on Google will produce some results.

This is why I have been moving my home systems over to SCSI as I replace 
parts.  With SCSI you just worry about whether your card is supported.  
If it is, everything else snaps into place.  To me this is worth the 
extra cost.

Wandering off topic even further, I was alarmed to discover that the 
developers of SCSI and hardcore SCSI devotees pronounce it "Sexy" and are 
mightily miffed that the rest of the world calls it "Scuzzy".  Hence the 
recent publication of "The Joy of SCSI" (actually, that's an even more 
disturbing title for a computer book if you pronoune it "Scuzzy").

-- 

Bruce

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