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From: pnelson@hobbes.uucp (Phil Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Reply to AT Bridgeboard Problems
Summary: "First, do no harm"
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Date: 3 Sep 90 06:38:03 GMT
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In article <90245.162153WTW101@psuvm.psu.edu> WTW101@psuvm.psu.edu (Bill Warner) writes:

|Repositioning the cabling from the AT board to the 5.25 inch drive seems to
|affect the reliability to a great extent.  I think half the problem with
|these boards is the 24 inch flux-monster cable they use to connect the
|two devices.  What they should do is shield these cables with a foil/pvc
|jacket.


If the problem is induced noise in the cable, this might help. If the
problem is excessive cable capacitance, shielding will make it worse.

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