Parallel ATA (IDE) uses 40 pins, not 26. 26 was for floppies. But it's a standard 40-pin "header" connector. Sometimes called "IDC". CF cards have the PATA interface on a 50-pin connector. I don't ...

The integrated development environment (IDE) Ultra DigiDrive interface drive features a PC card (PCMCIA) slot that reads and writes to all of today's popular flash media formats. When used with the ...

O.k. I have an old Compaq Drive which has a a JAE50 adaptor on it. According to compaq the drive uses the IDE interface and accordign to the sticker on the drive the drive accepts +5V at 2.0A. I want ...

Eugene, Ore. – A universal interface that allows CompactFlash modules to be used in any system that includes a standard IDE (hard-drive) connector is available from VersaLogic Corp. The VL-CFA-1 solid ...

USB is a glorious thing. It allows you to hook up a wide variety of products ranging from temperature monitoring equipment to keyboards and mice to headphones to drives and far beyond. Today I’m ...

Every now and again there a few simple and somewhat useful bits of kit that come onto the market that assist in making slightly older systems and their components work with newer technologies. The ...

The project utilizes the 82C55 chip in order to create a simple design of connecting a standard IDE interface hard drive to a 8051 board. It uses a software that can provide access to raw sectors ...

When it comes to storage, then there are a lot of different connector types and protocols which might confuse some. Today I will take a little look at the most common used as well as some legacy ones ...