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- From: Jonathan Belson <jon@dookie.demon.co.uk>
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- Subject: Re: Hard Drive Cable Question
- Date: Tue, 27 Feb 96 19:31:27 GMT
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- Mark W. Kuether (markk@post.its.mcw.edu) wrote:
- : I am trying to find out whether it is possible to get a cable to
- : attach a 3.5" IDE hard drive to the A1200. The 40 pin connection on the
- : hard drive obviously does not fit the 44 pin on the A1200 board. Is
- : there somewhere in the US that I can get this from? Is this only
- : something that someone hacks together? Any information I can receive
- : would be most beneficial.
-
- A lot of companies advertise 2.5" to 3.5" cables for about 15UKP. The
- difference is that 2.5" drives have a single 5V supply as part of the
- ribbon cable (pins 1,3,4 are 5V, pin 2 is GND AIR), 3.5" drives require 5V
- and 12V supplies. To power a 3.5" drive in an A1200 you'll need to use a
- splitter cable on the floppy power connector.
-
- Easier than it sounds if you get the cables 8^)
-
- C-YA
- Jon
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