[Coco] Re: Cloud-9 Product Comments Wanted

[Alex Evans]

On Jan 26, 2005, at 7:24 AM, Mark Marlette wrote:

>
> I would have to verify this but I **thought** the small IDE drives had 
> a
> different cable, ie: 44 pins instead of 40??? Per the ATA spec, the
> connector is not powered. There are reserved pins but if you added
> power and then the pin was implemented on a device in the future it
> would be my responsibilty since I did not conform to the spec. Won't
> happen Captain. :)

You are correct.  2.5" IDE drives use a 44 pin cable with a tighter pin 
spacing than normal IDE cables and the extra four pins on one end used 
for power.  Adapters to go between the two cable types are not too hard 
to come by.

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Theodore (Alex) Evans | 2B v ~2B = ?