ATA 100 Cables

[Alakazam]

Can I use an ata 100 cable for a cd rom drive? I thought I read somewhere that you have to cover one of the pins in order to do this.

 

[Pederv]

I use an ATA 66/100 cable for my zipdrive/cdrom, no problems. I know it might be considered a waste of the cables abilities, but if I upgrade I won't have to dig up an ATA 66/100 cable.

 

[Alakazam]

Thanks Pederv for the quick reply , I got some rounded machine made ata100 cables today on sale and hoped I could use the one on the cdrom, the other one is going on the hd.