[lug] low profile, long IDE cables?

[D. Stimits]

Alan Robertson wrote:
> D. Stimits wrote:
> 
>> I'm curious if anyone knows of a place to purchase longer than normal 
>> IDE cables, which are also low profile? The box I have to work with 
>> has small metal slots for the cable to route through. In the past the 
>> cables I've found locally which are long enough were either too high 
>> profile to get through the slots, or else were downright buggy. This 
>> is parallel IDE on UDMA66 (yeah I know, ancient). The brands sold in 
>> the chain stores like CompUSA were all failures.
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> How long do you want the cables to be?  24"?

Yeah, I think 24" is required.

> I think 18" is the normal length.

If it were a straight line to the drive this would be enough, but it is 
forced around corners, and thus can't work.

> PC Club (Broomfield) shows some "limited availability" 24" cables:
> http://www.pcclub.com/product_list.cfm?cat=Cables&subcat1=SCSI%20%2F%20IDE%20%2F%20Floppy&subcat2=IDE%20drive%20cables 

Any idea if these are quality cables? All past 24" cables that I tried 
failed. Most of them the connector was too large to get through the slot 
in the case, so I couldn't even test them...I guess I have to take the 
route of buy a lot and return them if they don't work.

> 
> Microcenter (near tech center) shows some 18", 24" and 36" round cables.
> http://www.microcenter.com/search_results_e.phtml?coordinate_group=A4J

If these are the same as the ones from CompUSA then I already know they 
won't work. I'm hoping to find some brand with a reputation for making 
unusual products that have been well thought in design.

D. Stimits, stimits AT comcast DOT net