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Thread ID: 36901 2003-08-23 06:01:00 Make your own rounded IDE cables... hamstar (4) Press F1
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169815 2003-08-24 02:37:00 With these rounded cables, can you run more than one drive off each cable?? Like do they have a split in them which goes off into multiple connectors?

Because I run my cd-rom and cd-writer off one cable at the moment.

Anyone got a picture of one? ;)
PoWa (203)
169816 2003-08-24 06:27:00 They are no different to normal IDE cables as far as function goes.

Plug one end into the motherboard and the other two connectors to drives.

One cable serves two drives.
Elephant (599)
169817 2003-08-24 06:45:00 >Anyone got a picture of one?

Various rounded IDE cables (www.stylespc.com)
Jen C (20)
169818 2003-08-24 08:51:00 heck!! they don't look very long! How would I get that from the connector from motherboard way up the tower to the cdrom drive? its like 40cm too short! PoWa (203)
169819 2003-08-24 09:37:00 They look as though they are folded. they come in different lenghts like 250mm and 400mm.

It's easy enough to slit flat floppy cables and bind them into round form. The data frequency is low enough for proximity of the wires to cause no problems.

I dont understand why 5 1/2" floppy connectors are still fitted to floppy cables though. You can just cut off the end one if there is one there.
Terry Porritt (14)
169820 2003-08-24 09:59:00 Some people still use them Terry, well have them in their rigs for decoration anyway ;) Not me though. -=JM=- (16)
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