IDE cables can be custom made to any length but performance suffers if they are over 45cm long . I used to use a long IDE cable to add a hard drive to the system as a back up device years ago. Caddies now make it so much easier.
Regards Michael Wilkinson. 106 Holyhead Rd, Ketley, Telford, Shropshire. England .TF1 5DJ 44 (0) 1952 618986. www.infocus-photography.co.uk For Negatives & transparencies from digital files ___________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roberts, Paul (EDS)"> Dunno if this is relevant, but, an internal drive will be connected by an > 'IDE' connection. To use this externally would need an IDE cable to be > routed outside the computer case. This would be a problem as (I think) IDE > cables are at most 0.5 metre long. As far as I know, you cannot get an > internal Firewire burner. > > Or am I missing something? =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
