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From: grandi@noao.edu (Steve Grandi  CCS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: IDE drives: are the interfaces all the same?
Message-ID: <1990Sep13.133535.23517@noao.edu>
Date: 13 Sep 90 13:35:35 GMT
Organization: National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson, AZ, USA
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I have a CompuAdd 386SX system that uses the IDE disk interface.  I
also have a 40 Mbyte Connors drive take from a defunct system that
also claims to use the IDE interface.  So, I think, I will just plug
in the Connors drive into the CompuAdd box and compute away...

The ribbon cables are not even the same width!  Is the IDE interface
"standard"?  Should I be able to fudge a cable to make this drive
work?

Any pointers will be appreciated.
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Steve Grandi, National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson, Arizona USA
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