Maximum length of 600's IDE cable?

[Jope]

Try it.. The CF card may not be able to drive such a long cable, though.. At least my CF stopped working at around 20cm.

[Jope]

rkauer wrote:
 Explaining better: some 80 wires IDE cables use "cable select" instead the "normal" straight pins. Those C-S cables must be avoided.

They all do, it's part of the ATA-66 (and higher) spec.

Why is this something to avoid? You don't have to use cable select unless you want to.

Especially with slow IDE like the Amiga's, the order of the devices doesn't make much difference.