Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 25 Apr 1996 20:51:45 -0700 | From | Mark Hamstra <> | Subject | Re: Amazing what a little RTFM can do :> |
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Philip Blundell wrote: > > On Wed, 24 Apr 1996, David A Willmore wrote: > > > CS is a valid way, according to the ATA spec, of selecting the drive. It's not > > commonly used as it requires a crossover cable (I may be wrong). The most > > I don't think it's a crossover as such. If memory serves, one conductor > is cut between the two drives. There is a weak internal pullup on the > drive, and the CS line is tied to ground on the host card, so one drive > sees a logic 1 and the other a logic 0. It's something like that, > anyway.
Yes, and it can really screw you up if you put the cable in backwards or the drives in the wrong order.
Mark
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