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SubjectRe: Amazing what a little RTFM can do :>
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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