All things ESDI

Tony Duell ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk
Wed May 4 17:17:37 CDT 2005


> > The connectors on the ESDI drive appear to be the same as MFM 
> > so I am assuming that I can use MFM cables.
> 
> I always did, but cannot assure you it would be correct.

I am pretty sure you must use an untwisted 34-pin cable. Neither the IBM 
floppy drive twist nor the ST506 hard drive twist will work with ESDI drives.

Other than that, they're just straight-through ribbon cables.

-tony



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