Cable for allowing mass storage device address selection

Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Electrical device making

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29747, 29748, 29749, 29750, 29865, 29866, 29884, 439 49, 439119, 439329, 439346, 439391, 439426, 439494, H01R 4316

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ABSTRACT:
A cable constructed with insulation displacement connectors produces cables which connect data storage devices to a host system. The cable allows automatic address selection of data storage devices depending on the presence or absence of a CSEL terminal pin on a corresponding connector and the location of a data storage device along the cable. Address selection by connector configuration simplifies cable construction. The end connector of an ATA cable is configured to identify an attached data storage device as the first device (drive 0), while an intermediate connector is configured to identify an attached data storage device as the second drive (drive 1), thus making installation more intuitive.

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Application, pp. 1-5 Tony Goodfellow, Cable Construction Method to Allow Mass Storage Device Address Selection by Means of its Position on a Cable, Nov. 15, 1997.

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