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Re: buying a cd writer



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On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 07:14:26AM +0800, csj@mindgate.net wrote:
> right? I have the impression that the "red" IDE connector is for
> slow devices, while the blue connector is for bleeding-edge
> devices, the numbers computer (re)sellers like to tack on to
> their specs: UDMA 133.

Actually more like master and slave devices on the IDE chain.  Don't
count on any part of IDE cables to be red except for wire 1.  From
what I can tell, blue connectors generally indicate that the cable can
be used with UDMA devices.

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