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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!titan!rhea!aduncan
- From: aduncan@rhea.trl.OZ.AU (Allan Duncan)
- Subject: Re: Large IDE HD in A1200
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.213322.19303@trl.oz.au>
- Sender: root@trl.oz.au (System PRIVILEGED Account)
- Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
- References: <36806@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 21:33:22 GMT
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- From article <36806@cbmvax.commodore.com>, by grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins):
- ...
- > As mentioned before, the problem of the different pin pitch between the
- > 2.5" IDE connectors and the 3.5" IDE connecors also precludes a simple
- > ribbon cable solution.
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- If the pin-out is the same, then a simple ribbon solution (but a touch
- iffy) is to make up a narrow ribbon with the 2.5" on on end, and at the
- other end use the 3.5" connector at 45 degrees so that the effective
- width is 2.5". The tynes will be angled to the wire, of course.
- This can be alleviated by marking the 45 deg line on the ribbon and
- taking a scalpel and separating the ribbon wires where they join. A
- slit the size of the connector would do (1/4"), then offset the two
- sides of the cable like so -
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