ATA 66/100/133 question

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doesn't matter once you set the slave and master
"Hackworth" <spamless@nospam.net> wrote in message
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>
> Assume the following:
>
> * A motherboard or add-in card (like the Promise Ultra ATA series) offers
> ATA 66/100/133.
> * The hard disk drive supports ATA 66/100/133.
> * An 80-conductor IDE ribbon cable connects the disk drive to the
> motherboard or controller card.
>
> Question: If the user explicitly sets the disk drive maser/slave
> configuration via a jumper on the drive, does it matter whether or not the
> drive is connected to the black (end) or gray (middle) connector of the
IDE
> cable?
>
> In the "old days" when 40-conductor IDE cables were the norm and no one
> used/trusted cable select (CS) anyhow, one could set the drives to be
master
> or slave and then connect them to whatever IDE cable connector was most
> convenient. (At least I did many times and it worked fine.) Someone at
work
> asked me if that behavior was still the same with 80-conductor IDE cable
> and, although I suspect it is, I wasn't sure what to tell him.
>
>