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From: bms@bdt.UUCP (Vance Chin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: longer cables for Megafile
Summary: Longer Cables can work with Atari Drives
Message-ID: <3629@bdt.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jul 90 22:32:53 GMT
References: <1790@engage.enet.dec.com>
Reply-To: bms@bdt.UUCP (Vance Chin)
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Organization: Beckemeyer Development Tools, Oakland, CA
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In article <1790@engage.enet.dec.com> wallace@oldtmr.enet.dec.com (Ray Wallace) writes:
>
>Unless Atari has improoved there host adapter then your dealer was correct.
>Actualy as I recall the cable used to be limited to 18" on the Atari drives.
>
>The only way I know of to be able to use a longer cable is to replace the host
>adapter with an ICD host adapter. The ICD host adapter allows a 3' cable
>(still not long enough for some instances).
>

Changing your host adapter is not the only way to get a longer cable.  We have
developed a DMA cable that specifically addresses the problems inherent in the
Atari interface.  This is not a simple random wire cable, we have isolated
the noise producing signals from the noise sensitive ones.  The cable is 3 feet
in length and has been sold as an upgrade for all Atari hard disks since
July '89. Please EMail me for additional information.



Chris Rhodin
Berkeley Microsystems
bms@bdt.UUCP