ATA cable replacement

[Jake75]

Is it possible to replace the ATA cable with a optical one?
If it´s possible wouldn´t the problems with interference dissapear and the speed be excellent?


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[Toejam31]

Check this out:

<A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1174" target="_new">http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1174</A>

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[HonestJhon]

nice article.
only thing is, there is no way for the signal to move faster than say it was using fiber optic....
am i correct?
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-Live, Learn, then build your own computer!-<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by HonestJhon on 11/29/01 05:26 PM.</EM></FONT></P>