36" round IDE cable $6 shipped. other good cable deals

[paul3mac]

I was searching around for round IDE cables, and these guys seemed to be pretty cheap
IDE ultra ATA 133 round dual 36" (white) - $5
IDE ultra ATA 133 round dual 36" (various other colors) - $7
IDE ultra ATA 133 round dual 24" (various colors) - $5
IDE ultra ATA 133 dual 24" - $3
Floppy drive cable 24" round (various colors) - $3

shipping for one cable, standard US Mail was $1, not sure how much for UPS Ground, overnight, etc. is

CCT - Cable and Connector Technologies
Cable Section

 

[InverseOfNeo]

Anyone have experience with these people? Seems like a pretty good deal to me.

 

[Evadman]

Just be aware that a 36" cable is 2x the ATA spec. You can and will run into problems with data coruption, expecialy with a round vs. flat cable.

 

[Squalish2357]

While I don't think that round vs flat will make any negative difference(especially if it is twisted pairs, which is what gives cat5 its interference-resistance), but adding length DEFINITELY decreases stability, data security, and performance. ATA is only rated to around 18", and this was decided back when we were still at 33MB/s or lower.

 

[OulOat]

I got 36in cables for half a year already, no problems so far.

 

[climb4]

Try Silicon Valley Compucycle for cables and such. Great people to do biz with and one of thier own is here at anand. I have bought from them over the last year and have always received my order intact and everything there. I just bought some round cables and a new case last week. Go see em...

http://www.heatsinkstore.com/index.html

 

[Bleep]

http://www.heatsinkstore.com/index.html

Linked. I went and looked at that vendor and every time I went to another Page I got another Pop UP, Makes the site hard to get around.

Bleep