QUESTION POSED ON: 03 February 2005 How many devices can be attached to an IDE cable?
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EXPERT RESPONSE IDE and ATA interfaces support up to two devices (master and slave) per cable. If you want to support more than two devices, look at a different interface, for example SCSI, SAS, or Fibre Channel.
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