[Coco] Re: Cloud-9 Product Comments Wanted

[John W. Linville]

On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 09:23:36AM -0600, Mark Marlette wrote:
> Quoting "John W. Linville" <linville at tuxdriver.com>:
> 
> I would have to verify this but I **thought** the small IDE drives had a
> different cable, ie: 44 pins instead of 40??? Per the ATA spec, the
> connector is not powered. There are reserved pins but if you added

http://repairfaq.ece.drexel.edu/REPAIR/F_Pinouts2.html#PINOUTS_027

Looks like ping 41-43 are for power, and ping 44 is some kind of type ID.

Unfortunately, supporting a different connector probably means a board spin...

John
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John W. Linville
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