[lug] OT: 2.5" PATA Hard Drives/cables versus 3.5"

[Stephen Kraus]

I liked the IBM commercials where the guy was going crazy over the servers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73bMSNPc3Ak

On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 11:22 PM, <stimits at comcast.net> wrote:

> Outstanding! Now I just need to find one fast, locally. Ahh, bring on the
> pixie dust!
> (Anyone still remember that old IBM commercial?)
>
>
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> From: Stephen Kraus <ub3ratl4sf00 at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [lug] OT: 2.5" PATA Hard Drives/cables versus 3.5"
>
> Here you go!
>
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-5-3-5-IDE-PATA-HARDDISK-HDD-ADAPTER-CONVERTER-/140636036265?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20be8f9ca9#ht_671wt_905
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 11:03 PM, Stephen Kraus <ub3ratl4sf00 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> There are adapters you can buy on ebay cheap.
>>
>> But yes you guessed right, the 4 extra pins are power, you have to have a
>> way to send power through those pins for the 2.5" drive
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:56 PM,  <stimits at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm still trying to solve font problems, and realized I have a hard
>>> drive from
>>>
>>> an old printer which died, but I kept the drive...complete with fonts. I
>>> originally
>>>
>>> purchased that printer for close to $3k, it was a non-emulation PS level
>>> 3
>>> printer. I look back now, and realize that one of the big reasons why it
>>> always
>>> seemed I had the font is because I had that printer (set up to use IPP
>>> as well).
>>>
>>>
>>> So, with nothing but the hard drive left, I'm trying to plug it in to my
>>> parallel IDE
>>> cable. It seems that the pins are not quite aligned to the 0.1" spaced
>>> standard
>>> pins of the 3.5" PATA, and despite being very close, must be very
>>> slightly
>>>
>>>
>>> smaller spacing. I don't have a second PATA 2.5" drive to compare to, and
>>> although I do not believe this drive is custom (looks just like my SATA
>>> 2.5"
>>> drive from Samsung, other than being PATA instead of SATA).
>>>
>>> Can anyone tell me if the standard 3.5" drive cables should fit the 2.5"
>>> drives?
>>> There are 4 extra pins which are apparently power/ground related, but it
>>> is the
>>> spacing that seems off. I don't want to order an external adapter if the
>>> drive is
>>>
>>>
>>> some sort of proprietary freak. Perhaps all I need is a 3.5" to 2.5" IDE
>>> adapter.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
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