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- From: behrenss@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Soenke Behrens)
- Subject: Re: IDE Drives
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- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 10:43:55 GMT
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- stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang) writes:
-
- > Using a SCSI cable should be possible, if the wires are wired
- >properly on both ends. This may mean some wire swapping etc. But its
- >much easier to find SCSI cables than say and external IDE drive
- >connector.
- [IDE drive in SCSI case]
- > Yeah, that would be ideal, except then it would take some
- >bucks to get the cables made. Maybe if the 40 pins could be condensed
- >into 25, and you a straight through db25....
-
- Ungh. Why the effort? The card comes with a cable (so ok, it's a ribbon
- cable), put the one end on your dirve in the case, and the other end on
- your card. Voila', you are all set.
-
- Soenke
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