Maximum length of 600's IDE cable?

[JackL]

Hello all.

I have fitted a compact flash to ide adapter inside my 600. i would like to be able to remove the CF card without opening the 600. the trapdoor has nothing in it and it might as well go there. I have found a 30cm 44 pin ide cable;

http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=11467

will this just work or is it to long?

[JackL]

thanks for all the comments.

i have ordered the 30cm one and will try it out and let you know.

[JackL]

rkauer wrote:
 A tip: use tin foil around the IDE cable, and some insulation over the foil (of course) to prevent short-circuit.

 This helps a lot with long IDE cables. Shame 80 wires IDE cables are not supported by Amiga.

Thanks for the knowledge.

The cable arrived this morning, super fast, i will try it out tonight.

[JackL]

alexh wrote:
I'm too late, but you could have just bought another CF card and a PCMCIA to CF adapter to use as a "second" hard drive.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130200985417

That way there is no messy cables coming out.

i was under the impression that these couldn't be used as a boot drive - i thought they where only useful with 'easyADF' etc.

With the CF on the end of the cable i can remove it and plug it into a PC run UAE and write files directly to it.

[JackL]

So i tried the 30cm cable last night and it works fine  :-D
- at least with a CF card on one end. It would appear not to need shielding.

I may well get the CF adapter for PCMCIA recommended by alexh.