[mythtv-users] IDE adapter/cable.

[drew einhorn]

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Nick Rout<nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:

>> All I can find is desktop to laptop hard drive adapters.
>>
>> Laptop cd/dvd drives use a funny connector that I've never seen
>> anywhere else.  It is much smaller than a 2.5" laptop IDE connector.
>> It supplies power in addition to data.  Hmm.  Maybe it's some other
>> interface and not IDE.  They have been using the same connector
>> for a long time, long before I even heard of a SATA drive.
>
> Its definitely IDE, just in a different wrapper. http://pinouts.ru is
> very comprehensive...

That's a very cool site.  It's more information than I need at the
moment.  But I'm bookmarking it, because I'm pretty sure that
someday it will have an answer I really need.

-- 
Drew Einhorn