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Getting to gether a list of parts for my next round of upgrades and
was looking at rounded IDE cables. My hard drive is close to the
connector so I don't need 60cm length, 35cm would be plenty long
enough. Paradigm list the Thermaltake brand rounded IDE cables and on
the info link Thermaltake have 48cm lengths, but Paradigm say they are
not available. Short rounded floppy cables are, but who has short
rounded IDE cables?

GraB wrote:

> My hard drive is close to the
> connector so I don't need 60cm length, 35cm would be plenty long
> enough.

good, because 65cm is way out of spec... 18 inches(46{ish}cm) is the max
for the official IDE spec.

On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 21:55:00 +1200, "Dave - Dave.net.nz"
<Dave@_no_spam_here_please_dave.net.nz> wrote:

>GraB wrote:
>
>> My hard drive is close to the
>> connector so I don't need 60cm length, 35cm would be plenty long
>> enough.
>
>good, because 65cm is way out of spec... 18 inches(46{ish}cm) is the max
>for the official IDE spec.

All the rounded IDE cables listed at Paradigm are 60cm.

GraB wrote:
>>>My hard drive is close to the
>>>connector so I don't need 60cm length, 35cm would be plenty long
>>>enough.

>>good, because 65cm is way out of spec... 18 inches(46{ish}cm) is the max
>>for the official IDE spec.

> All the rounded IDE cables listed at Paradigm are 60cm.

they'd probably be fine for CDroms, maybe CDRW or DVDroms.
but yeah.... anyway, I got my ones from www.pcgear-dunedin.co.nz but
they also have an auckland shop, www.pcgear.co.nz

--
Dave Hall
http://www.dave.net.nz

Ascent (www.ascent.co.nz) have a lage number of round IDE cables in stock,
including 45cm versions.

Regards,

Dodger.

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 09:36:36 +1200, "Dave - Dave.net.nz"
<dave@no_spam_here_dave.net.nz> wrote:

>GraB wrote:
>>>>My hard drive is close to the
>>>>connector so I don't need 60cm length, 35cm would be plenty long
>>>>enough.
>
>>>good, because 65cm is way out of spec... 18 inches(46{ish}cm) is the max
>>>for the official IDE spec.
>
>> All the rounded IDE cables listed at Paradigm are 60cm.
>
>they'd probably be fine for CDroms, maybe CDRW or DVDroms.
>but yeah.... anyway, I got my ones from www.pcgear-dunedin.co.nz but
>they also have an auckland shop, www.pcgear.co.nz

PCGear Dunedin didn't have any. I was interested to see a couple of
low-bulk floppy rounded cables. They said they also come in IDE
cables.