IBM odd IDE (44 vs 40 pins, 46 vs 44 pins)?

From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_pechter.dyn.ml.org>
Date: Mon Aug 31 12:21:53 1998

> >
> > >
> > > I'm looking for information on IBM's proprietary IDE format. I have a
> > > 44-pin drive from a PS/2-30 (I have the CPU, too, but it has a 50Mb RLL
> > > on a card), and a 2.5" laptop drive with *46* pins plus master/slave,
> > > not the usual 44.
> > >
> > > I'm really trying to use the 2.5" drive (in a CD-32 w/SX-1 expansion,
> > > FWIW), but it came in an IBM housing to snap into an IBM laptop, with
> > > an IBM cable...
>
> > Watch out the PS/2 30 may be ESDI not IDE.
>
> Unlikely. It's an 8086. AFAIK, it's an early XT IDE. One cable - 44 pins.
> No power cable.

The model 30 I dumped had an IBM special one connector unit that
I was told was esdi.

I just dumped one of these machines.

Bill
Received on Mon Aug 31 1998 - 12:21:53 BST