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- From: chris@fuchal.demon.co.uk (Chris Appleton)
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- Subject: Re: 2 IDE on A1200.
- Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 18:38:46 GMT
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- Hi
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- sea>> Yes, but how about connecting one 2.5" drive and one 3.5" drive to the
- sea>> 1200? It's possible, I know all the jumper setting, but has anyone
- sea>> seen a
- sea>> cable that would allow me to do that?
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- A> You would perhaps need to be able to build/modify a cable by yourself
- A> - because, I guess, putting the two or three necessary adapters
- A> and/or cables together would make the resulting connection
- A> too long and the signals too weak (BTW, what's the maximum cable length
- A> for an AT-Bus connection ?)
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- I have a really long cable on my 3.5" HD (A1200). It stretches from the back
- of my tower case to one of the drive bays at the front, so it's nearly 30cm.
- I don't get any errors on it. But I wouldn't recommend going any longer.
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- Chris
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