[rescue] The fat lady. . .

[Brian Hechinger]

> IDE cables were keyed - both with a little nub on the top edge in the 
> middle (like a SCSI cable) and with a missing pin (middle bottom row). 
> The cable connecotr had a filled-in hole where that pin should go.
> 
> Of course, it became cheaper to just use 40 pin headers and connectors, 
> so that is what most use these days...

not all IDE cables are keyed.  that is my experience, and what i have seen.
maybe i just had access to nothing but cheap cables. :)

-brian