ccastje@prism.gatech.EDU (John Adair) (06/01/90)
What kind of controller uses a (36pin?) connector at the hard drive
end of the cable (not a card edge). There's only one cable running
from the controller to the hard drive (besides power) and it looks the
same on both ends. It's a 3 1/2 drive (40 meg) with no sign of manufacturer
on it. I think it uses RLL, but I'm not positive.
(Don't blame me, my roommate bought it)
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In article <10006@hydra.gatech.EDU>, ccastje@prism.gatech.EDU (John Adair) writes: > What kind of controller uses a (36pin?) connector at the hard drive Sounds like the IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics). The IBM PS/2 and some others use it. Never seen an ISA card interface for this, anyone else? -- * Charles Lord ..!decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!cjl Usenet (old) * * Cary, NC cjl@ecsvax.UUCP Usenet (new) * * #include <std.disclamers> cjl@ecsvax.BITNET Bitnet * * #include <cutsey.quote> cjl@ecsvax.uncecs.edu Internet *
jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau) (06/03/90)
ccastje@prism.gatech.EDU (John Adair) writes: >What kind of controller uses a (36pin?) connector at the hard drive >end of the cable (not a card edge). There's only one cable running >from the controller to the hard drive (besides power) and it looks the >same on both ends. It's a 3 1/2 drive (40 meg) with no sign of manufacturer >on it. I think it uses RLL, but I'm not positive. > >(Don't blame me, my roommate bought it) It seems to me that you're unsure of the number of pins. If it's 40-pin, then it's an IDE. If it's 50-pin, then it's a SCSI. Note these are general rules of thumb and don't take into account the hard drive vendors that "dare to be stupid." Do you have a model number on it? // JCA /* **--------------------------------------------------------------------------* ** Flames : /dev/null | Small memory model only for ** ARPANET : crash!pnet01!jca@nosc.mil | Unix? Get the (*bleep*) out ** INTERNET: jca@pnet01.cts.com | of here! ** UUCP : {nosc ucsd hplabs!hd-sdd}!crash!pnet01!jca **--------------------------------------------------------------------------* */
jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau) (06/03/90)
cjl@uncecs.edu (Charles J. Lord) writes: >In article <10006@hydra.gatech.EDU>, ccastje@prism.gatech.EDU (John Adair) writes: >> What kind of controller uses a (36pin?) connector at the hard drive > >Sounds like the IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics). The IBM PS/2 >and some others use it. Never seen an ISA card interface for this, >anyone else? Sure, there are IDE host adaptors for ISA bus machines. ALR puts one in their machines. Conner has one along with Western Digital. I've seen ads from a local vendor in San Diego that has an IDE bundled with an I/O card. The simple IDE adaptor is about $50. The one with the I/O ports that I've seen advertised was selling for $69. // JCA /* **--------------------------------------------------------------------------* ** Flames : /dev/null | Small memory model only for ** ARPANET : crash!pnet01!jca@nosc.mil | Unix? Get the (*bleep*) out ** INTERNET: jca@pnet01.cts.com | of here! ** UUCP : {nosc ucsd hplabs!hd-sdd}!crash!pnet01!jca **--------------------------------------------------------------------------* */