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On 07/01/2008 02:22 PM, Frans wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:53:40 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:

>>     By a 80 pin cable you mean 40 pins on each end, right? Actually it
>> is 39 pins as one is missing for a key to plugin.
>> 
>>     I have NEVER seen a 40 pin cable period. If this is 20 pins at each
>> end that can't work based on the PATA design.
>> 
>>     I have a HD and my DVD device on a single 120 pin cable which I
>> define the HD as master and the DVD as slave. Set the jumpers and it
>> works just fine. I really should use the unused IDE controller for the
>> DVD but I forget all the time :-)
>> 
>> Karl
> 
> This might explain some of the ' 40 / 80 ' 'wire / pin' confusion:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Drive_Electronics#Parallel_ATA .
> 
> HTH,
> 

Yep. Sorry, I was going by the doc that the drive manufacturer put out
(the pdf); it should indeed be 80 "wire" and 40 "wire" - both have a
40/39 pin connector. This has a nice write-up:

http://www.mikeshardware.com/howtos/howto_connect_ide_hd.html