Hard drive cable question -

[Mike McCarty]

Gene Heskett wrote:

> And someone else quoted the last two in reverse.  Can someone PLEASE go 
> get one of these friggin cables and settle the argument?  Good color 
> vision required of course :)

I just pulled a draft copy of the ANSI ATAPI document off the web,
and this is the wording...

> The connector in the center of the cable assembly labeled Device 1
> Connector is optional. The System Board connector shall have a blue base
> and a black or blue retainer. The Device 0 Connector shall have a black
> base and a black retainer. The Device 1 Connector shall have a gray base
> and a black or gray retainer.

And if that's not good enough for you, a couple of months ago
I bought a brand new cable, and the connectors are MB blue with
black retainer, Slave grey with black retainer (grey is same color
as the cable) and the Master is black with a black retainer.

Mike
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