xaccrocheur wrote:
Whay are IDE ribbon cables for the A1200 So damn expensive ?
That's 10£ for just a SINGLE IDE HD !
Because its a non-standard cable.
What the hell is this connector ? I mean the IDE-ATAPI one on the 1200 MoBo ? It seems shorter...
Its a connector for laptop (2.5") hard disks.
Is'nt there a way of building it using an existant PC AT (X) Connector, only by cutting it at the right lengh ?
Yes. You need a 44pin high density connector, a 40 pin high density ribbon cable, a 40 pin low density ribbon cable and a 40 pin low density connector. Put the connectors on the ends of the ribbon cables, and then strip and individually connect all 40 conductors of each cable.
That HD was sold with the machine, a Commodore 1200. It's a TINY WesternDigital CaviarLite 200. No wonder those stuff costed a lot and were not speed monsters.
Its a laptop HD.
What I vividly recall is that the salesman, a guy who seemed to knew the Amiga, when he installed the said drive in my machine, casually ripped off one red wire on one side of the ribbon cable.
This can fix some problems with some drives, but is not recommended unless you have the specific problem this is supposed to fix (and i cant remember what that problem is
Why is that not ALL the drive's pins are plugged to the cable ?
If its a laptop HD, all 44 pins should be connected at both ends. If its a standard 3.5" drive, only 40 should be connected, as it gets its power from a seperate 4-pin connector (usually tapped into the floppy power supply in an A1200).
What should I do to a regular PC AT IDE Ribbon cable, to fit it on a 1200 MoBo ??
See above.
