[RESOLVED] 50 pin ide cable
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  1. January 25th, 1999, 09:27 PM #1
    Hans Grahn
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    50 pin ide cable

    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...

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  2. December 7th, 2009, 10:56 PM #2
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    IDE cables are not only used for pc applications. 50 pin IDE cables exist.
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  3. December 8th, 2009, 04:40 AM #3
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    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.
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  4. December 8th, 2009, 03:33 PM #4
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    Wow talk about resurrection.
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  5. December 8th, 2009, 04:45 PM #5
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    Personally, I think this rates Two Necroposting Awards! Congratulations skeyter!



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  6. December 9th, 2009, 11:32 AM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by Platypus View Post
    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.
    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)
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  7. December 9th, 2009, 09:21 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by CeeBee View Post
    Only they are not IDE cables
    What makes something "an IDE cable" other than the fact that it is being used by an IDE device?

    Quote Originally Posted by CeeBee View Post
    The IDE connector has 40 pins
    Only if you insist IDE must mean nothing but ATA. MicroChannel Architecture IDE used a 72 pin connector.

    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.
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  8. December 10th, 2009, 10:15 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by slgrieb View Post
    Personally, I think this rates Two Necroposting Awards! Congratulations skeyter!



    I agree! Maybe they should get the whole Walrus!
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  9. December 17th, 2009, 03:02 PM #9
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    probably was a 50 pin scsi cable.
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