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Phatbox / Keg software and support => Phatnoise Hardware Support => Topic started by: pencilneck on September 15, 2005, 03:50:34 AM

Title: Need ribbon cable info please
Post by: pencilneck on September 15, 2005, 03:50:34 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.
Title: Re: Need ribbon cable info please
Post by: judb on September 15, 2005, 06:10:33 PM
http://www.cablesonline.net/544pinidelap.html ?

its a 44 pin cable so this should work I think.

found using http://www.google.com/search?q=44+pin+ide+cable&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial
Title: Re: Need ribbon cable info please
Post by: pencilneck on September 16, 2005, 03:28:39 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.

Pencilneck  blah blah blah
Title: Re: Need ribbon cable info please
Post by: sbingner on September 19, 2005, 10:23:19 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