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Is everyone screwed over IDE cables or is it just me

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Eratosthenes

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A while ago I posted a question about master and slave positions on ATA 66/100 cables. The common response was that the middle connector is master and the end is slave. Howeverone else was pretty emphatic that the slave connector is gray and the master is black. But my black (master connector) is one the end and my gray (slave) is in the middle! What's up?
Is the black connector in the middle the master.

Also, which side of the drive's should the the red cable line be on when I look at them from the rear?

Thanks.

Era
 
80 conductor cables follow a blue M.B. connector, gray Device 1 Slave middle connector and Black Device 0 end connector pattern.

Maxtor Info.
 
I was interested in this so I went to Maxtor and used their knowledge base search phrase: master slave cable.

Here's what they say:

From Maxtor Knowledge base:

When only one drive is installed, the controller responds to all commands from the system. When two drives (which means two controllers) are installed, both controllers receive all commands from the system. Each controller then must be configured to respond only to commands for itself. In this situation, one controller must be designated as master and the other as slave. When the system sends a command to a specific drive, the other drive's controller must remain silent. A special bit (the DRV bit) is used in the Drive/Head Register to distinguish between the controllers.


then in another article:

If the drive is Ultra ATA-66 or Ultra ATA-100 capable and it is going to be used for UDMA mode 4 or higher data transfers, then the installation an Ultra ATA data cable will be required. Ultra ATA cables are typically configured for Cable Select operation. In this situation the CS jumper is set for any drive connected to the Ultra ATA cable. The Slave drive is connected to the middle connection on the data cable and the Master drive is connected to the end of the data cable that is opposite of the connection to the system mainboard or controller.
 
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