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- From: arno@news.dh.ixe.net (Arno Griffioen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: [Q] A1200 HD cable??
- Date: 4 Feb 1996 15:03:40 GMT
- Organization: Internet Exchange Europe B.V.
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- Mike Kennelly (mike@kennelly.dungeon.com) wrote:
-
- : I've been told by someone at Gasteiner that Conner drives DO need the cut to
- : boot. But obviously my particular make of drive (IBM) didn't like it!
-
- The first wire is the RESET wire to the IDE drive. SOme drives (most noticably
- CONNER) won't work anymore once they have received such a signal. This effect
- makes te machine work fine on a cold-boot, but when you do a C=-A-A it doesn't
- get recognised anymore.
-
- Unfortunately (as you have noticed) are there also a number of drives which
- _do_ want the RESET wire.
-
- IDE is such fun.. NOT!
-
- Bye Arno.
-