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Offline pencilneck

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Need ribbon cable info please
« on: September 15, 2005, 02:50:34 am »
Does any one have any info on the 2" ribbon cable used in the Phatbox?

http://4130-products.com/step/Phat2cd/Picture%20036.html

I've done a little digging in Digi Key and can't seem to come up with a match.  

What I'm needing is a 6" long version.  

Thank you.

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Offline pencilneck

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Re: Need ribbon cable info please
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2005, 02:28:39 am »
Ah, you've helped kickstart my brain.  I dug up a laptop harddrive I have sitting around and was able to plug it right up to the 2" cable of the Phatbox.

Thank you very much.

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Re: Need ribbon cable info please
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2005, 09:23:19 am »
That'll work, so long as it has all 44 pins - the phatbox uses the key pin as well as a reserved pin for the insert/removal notification.  If your IDE cable doesn't have the key pin connected it won't work

The Key pin is a pin that normally has no pin, so it's blanked out with plastive so you can't put the cable in backwards