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Whent to a store to buy a ide cable and the young salesman asked "what kind?"...
-A regular 40 pin ide cable,please...
After a few minutes he came back...
"Sorry, We only have 50 pin IDE"....
OHHHH...yeahhhhhh
...Been there...done that... https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2000/09/1.gif
IDE cables are not only used for pc applications. 50 pin IDE cables exist.
Welcome to WinDrivers, skeyter.
As you say, cables such as 44 or 50 pin IDE are not unusual. But I guess 11 years ago when the post was made, things were probably simpler and 50 pin generally meant SCSI.
Wow talk about resurrection.
Personally, I think this rates Two Necroposting Awards! Congratulations skeyter!
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Only they are not IDE cables... they are "ribbon" cables with 44 or 50-pin connectors ;) The IDE connector has 40 pins (44 for 2.5" drives) and the IDE cable has certain pins connected or not depending on the connector (mobo, master, slave)Quote:
Originally Posted by Platypus
What makes something "an IDE cable" other than the fact that it is being used by an IDE device?Quote:
Originally Posted by CeeBee
Only if you insist IDE must mean nothing but ATA. MicroChannel Architecture IDE used a 72 pin connector.Quote:
Originally Posted by CeeBee
You're no doubt aware that IDE stands for Integrated Drive Electronics, as distinct from previous discrete drives utilising dedicated controller boards in a peripheral slot. We could legitimately say the error in the original post lies in the assumption that a 50 pin SCSI cable is not for an IDE device. In fact both SCSI and ATAPI implement Integrated Drive Electronics, and it would not be wrong to call something like a JAE 50 cable an IDE cable.
I agree! Maybe they should get the whole Walrus! :devil:Quote:
Originally Posted by slgrieb
probably was a 50 pin scsi cable.