UltraATA ATAS® cable... Any thoughts?

[Fisheagle]

www.ultracable.com (http://www.ultracable.com)

[Target]

Are you asking for opinions on the web site/vendor, or on the cable itself?

If its the cable you are asking about, I see nothing particularly special about it compared to any of the others that are ATA 66/100 compliant.

[helldiverCDN]

Yep, seems to be just a standard ATA100/66 80 conductor cable...nothing special here.
They seem to use the ATAS?? name to distinguish it from their standard 40 conductor IDE cable.

Cheers,

hell out

[Fingers]

Ditto, looks just like any other 40-pin 80-conductor ATA66/100 cable I've ever seen. They're using the name "ATAS" as a sales gimick instead of simply labling them "ATA-66" or "ATA-100" like everyone else does.

Check out these links if you're unfamiliar with ATA-66/100
Seagate.com - Ultra ATA/66 FAQ (http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/ultra_ata_66.html)

Western Digital - Ultra ATA/66 White Paper (http://www.wdc.com/products/drives/drivers-ed/ata66tp.html)

ATA/100 - Real Performance or Marketing Hype? (http://www.realworldtech.com/page.cfm?ArticleID=RWT011701000000)

[Fisheagle]

Thanks all,

Once again my brain function has been enhanced.

[Yar1182]

Darn I though this was going to be a serial ATA thread. when is serial ATA coming out?