Custom IDE Cable

[Kinster]

Made this years ago so I could hook up a CD drive etc to a stock 1200 case.

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Andy K

[Kinster]

I am unsure what your actual point is.

The adapter I refer to would be the common dual ide board that fits over the internal 2.5" header. As I don't have one now, I cannot include.

I made this cable so that I could hook up externally positioned cased drives , and quickly remove them if I needed to transport the Amiga. It made good sense to me.

It is a cable specific to my particular needs at the time - how you set up your cabling is your own business. I am not twisting anyones arm to buy it. I am simply clearing out things that I will otherwise consign to the bin.

I fail to see what amuses you, so.

[Kinster]

Sorry, I thought you were taking the piss out of my expertly constructed cable  :-o  :lol:

Andy K

[Kinster]

It was Amiga specific when I made it - in the way that I made it specifically to use with my Amiga - it was however made using generic components available from most component retailers.

I mean since it's not a 2.5"->3.5" one then is just a "generic" 2-way IDE cable

Not exactly - look at the photo.
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One end terminates in a standard 40 way IDC female, and the other end terminates in a 40 pin header (as found on yer mother board and harddrive). The reason for this was so I could easily connect and disconnect external IDE drives to a stock 1200 case that was fitted with a 40 pin IDE expansion (a power flyer fyi).

There's certainly nothing mystical about it  :-)

Andy K