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On Tuesday, July 29, 2014 10:45:04 PM UTC-7, Michael Terrell wrote:
No, the supply is for SATA drives. PATA are going away fast,
so why buy something that has limited use?

On mine, the triangular thing in the lower left corner is the four pin power connector that works with the 3.5" PATA drives (plus most desktop CD/DVD drives, 5.25" and 8" floppy drives, and 5.25" hard drives). The cable in the upper left is the power adapter for SATA drives: plug the white Molex connector onto the black traingular connector from the power supply, and then plug the square black connector onto the power connector of your SATA drive.


8" floppy drives were 50 pin. They were rarely used with PCs, and
pretty much obsolete in the '80s. Most of the 8" drives I worked with
had AC motors, and ran from a +24 volt power supply. There were few
half height 8" drives that were DC only, but they operated from +24 VDC
to be compatible with existing hardware.

I have two of these adapters, with the cables and AC power supplies
that I use to troubleshoot old computers and recover data.


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