Jonathan F. Dill wrote:
> That's fantastic--Did you "roll your own" or special order them from
> someplace? How much did they cost? I was also wondering about using
> ribbon with twisted pairs (like some old DEC MicroVax used to use for
> internal SCSI) but I would expect it to be expensive per foot. The
> bottom line would be how much it costs with the special cables vs. just
> going with SCSI.
These cables were made by a local cable manufacturer, who I think
specializes in custom cables for all types of applications. Note that these
are UDMA-66 type cables, that is UDMA-66 requires cables that have these
ground lines in between each signal line.
They were actually purchased by a friend of mine, so I don't have their
contact information. They were $25 a pop, which for each two drive set,
starts to erode the cost efficiency for ide - but I did only have to use
them for four of my twelve drives. I've cc'd the guy who bought them,
hopefully he'll respond to the list with their name & phone number
(*hint*hint*)
Tom
