At 09:47 AM 1/16/1999 Bob Wright wrote: > > Does anyone remember or know of a site with a >definitive answer about the recommended maximum >length of an IDE cable? Bob: You have to BUY the specification from ANSI. I believe the document is X3.221:1994 "ATA (AT Attachment)". You can check out the X3T10 working draft specifications, at: ftp://ftp.symbios.com/pub/standards/io/t10/drafts/ and look up drafts on the various ATA. All state IDE cable specifications which provide that "cable total length cannot exceed 18 inches", and I assume this was codified in the final (official) standard. HTH. John Chin P.S. You can also peruse the following WWW sites: http://www.ncits.org/ [The NCITS home page] http://www.symbios.com/t10.1/ [The (former) T10.1 Task Group (SSA) home page] http://www.t11.org/ [The T11 Technical Committee home page (Fibre Channel, HIPPI, IPI, SBCON)] ftp://fission.dt.wdc.com/x3t13/t13.htm [The T13 Technical Committee home page (ATA & ATAPI)] http://www.scsita.org [The SCSI Trade Association (STA)] http://www.fibrechannel.com [Fibre Channel Association (a trade association)] http://www.ssaia.org/ [SSA Industry Association (a trade association)] http://www.1394ta.org/ [IEEE 1394 Trade Association] http://www.tully.com/dvdsig/ [DVD Special Interest Group (SIG)] http://www.cmpcmm.com/cc/standards.html [Pointers to Computer and Communications Standards] http://alumni.caltech.edu/~rdv/comp-arch-storage/FAQ-1.html [Answers for Frequently Asked Questions for comp.arch.storage] PCBUILD mailing list is brought to you by: The NOSPIN Group http://nospin.com