Re: LONG floppy drive cable source

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Jon Elson <elson@p...> wrote:

> Are you kidding? You want to put a floppy drive in the
> pendant, with the motherboard 20 feet away? I seriously
> doubt this will work at all. If it does, it will certainly be
> unreliable. Shielded cables are made, AMP and 3M
> make them with heavy black jackets and aluminum
> foil/mylar shields. You should be able to buy this
> from Newark Electronics, or possibly Digi-Key.
> You'd probably need to buy a 100 foot roll, and it
> is not cheap!
>
> Jon

It WILL work.
I have two setups just like this now for about 4 years.
About 18' of ordinary ribbon cable for the data and a length of 4
core alarm wire for the power.
No shielding and I've had no problems at all with it.
I must admit I'm suprised at the fact the floppy drives have lasted
this long in a commercial workshop enviroment.
I fully expected to have to replace the drives more frequently
because of muck in the air.

I asked the question before I did it and some peope said yes, others
said no. So I just went ahead and did it.
After all you can be talking for years. The proof is alway with the
action.

John S.