Best brands of round long ide cables?

[William.R.Reisen]

What are the best brands of long (90cm 60cm)ide cables available in the UK

 

[Wooducoodu]

i've had good luck with this brand of cable. not sure if they're available
in the uk though.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=12-104-602&depa=1

 

[Peter]

SFF-8049 standard for IDE cables says clearly: 18 inches maximum cable
length.
There had been some relaxed standards for CD-ROM devices, but they do not
apply if you connect a hard drive.
It is like overclocking your CPU. It might work - sometimes. For CPU, you
must combat the heat, for long cables - improve signal propagation. Here are
some ideas what to look for:
http://bwcecom.belden.com/catalog/TechInfo/TechReducing.htm

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

SFF-8049 standard for IDE cables says clearly: 18 inches maximum cable
length.

There had been some relaxed standards for CD-ROM devices, but they do
not apply if you connect a hard drive.

Oh!? Care to tell us where it says that?

 

[Peter]

There had been some relaxed standards for CD-ROM devices, but they do

Oh!? Care to tell us where it says that?

Maybe here, I don't remember exactly where I have seen that:
http://www.buildorbuy.org/cabling.html

BTW, ATA-ATAPI-7 standard for cables can be found here:
http://www.t13.org/docs2004/d1532v2r4b-ATA-ATAPI-7.pdf
It says that 18 inch is maximum cable length.