On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 at 22:47:25, Derek Stewart wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>There is no benfit of using 80 wire IDE cables, as the IDE controller can
>not take advantage of the higher speeds like on PCs...
Indeed. ... and the blanked single socket will (or should) stop you
using it!
>
>I have build many PCs, and it does not matter where to the CDROM is or
>device on the IDE cable. Unless it using 80 wire conductors or uses cable
>select.
Roy is dead right.
With any transmission line (SCSI/IDE or whatever) there must always be
something (device or terminator) at the end.
It may well work, but there will be signal degradation.
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