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- From: stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang)
- Subject: Re: IDE Drives
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.194730.3068@news.columbia.edu>
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- References: <SKNKWRKS.92Dec13165350@sonny-boy.cs.unlv.edu> <1992Dec14.042021.27527@news.columbia.edu> <behrenss.724329835@hphalle6>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 19:47:30 GMT
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- In article <behrenss.724329835@hphalle6> behrenss@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Soenke Behrens) writes:
- >
- >> 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.
-
- I don't know, to be aesthically pleasing? Having an
- unshielded ribbon cable, attached to an HD out in the open with a
- power supply isn't the nicest way to have a HD. Trust me on this one,
- I ran my 100 for about a year before I got a case... :)
-
- It seems rather silly to purchase an external HD that comes in
- two pieces...
-
- Of course, as of now, the external IDE drive packaging hasn't
- been set, so please don't assume that the above is true.
-
- >More than silver, more than gold, I need ! behrenss@informatik.
-
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