> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jan 11 21:44:29 2000
>
> On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> > If you cut the cable
> > lengthwise (no, don't cut the wires) between wires (don't break the
> > insulation on the wires themselves, just the connecting plastic) you can
> > get your cables to be 1/4 the normal width (up until you get to the
> > connector).
>
> I don't know about IDE, but I'm pretty sure that's a big no-no for SCSI
> cables. The alternating conductors in the ribbon cable are sig, gnd, sig,
> gnd, sig, etc. And it's electrically important (for proper impedance and
> noise and cross-talk rejection) that they stay that way.
>
> I think the same is probably true for the schmancy UDMA66 cables too...
<vent>
Back in the day.... 8-) ....high end SCSI ribbon cables consisted of
twisted pairs between the connectors so it was really easy to deform
the cable to fit through tight spots. Now, all I seem to find is the
cheap ribbon cable that's excreted from nameless companies in developing
countries where their ideas of quality control differ vastly from
mine. 8-) Either I'm really unlucky or the quality of ribbon cabling
in general is in decline...sigh.
</vent>
And I agree with the idea that slicing up the ribbon cable is probably
not going to work.
Cheers,
Chris
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Christopher Mauritz
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