On Monday 29 November 2004 08:08, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > > Oddly enough, I've never known that there was such a beast as a "cable- > > select cable" or a "non-cable-select cable" even though I've built at > > least 200 systems. I've just always jumpered drives as master/slave as > > required. > > > > How would one detect which type of cable it is? > > One of my UDMA cables has 2 different colored connectors (blue & black?) > and can be used with Cable-Select.... I only discovered that quite recently. I think it' part of the spec from ATA-3 which basically means all contemporary kit. Dunno about those 40-pin cables you still see at Tricky Dick and Tandy and such. -- Cheers John
