[sllug-members]: Anyone know where to get a 40pin IDE cable gender changer locally?

[Marc Christensen]

Michael Heath wrote:
> I don't know any specific places, but my advice is to check with some 
> local computer shops. I've needed a few odd cables and accessories in 
> the past, and I've only been able to find them after calling around to a 
> bunch of little places; the big places usually don't carry stuff like 
> that. (The small ones don't, either; they just save up all the random 
> little bits and pieces they've accumulated over the years)
>  
> I'm curious, though: I've never heard of an IDE gender changer. What are 
> you using this for?

I have a compact flash adapter that plugs directly into an IDE slot on a 
mother board. Compact Flash is an ATA interface - some cards support DMA 
others do not.  The adapters are simple and can have no chips on them 
(some do).  They basically connect the IDE interfaces together. The 
adapter I have works well but I need to connect it to a SATA port.

There *are* SATA -> CF adapters too.  They cost around $35 or so. but I 
already have two SATA -> IDE adapters. Which is exactly what the SATA -> 
CF adapters are - they are a SATA -> IDE connector with a CF slot 
interface.  Rather than shell out $35 ea. for the two that I need, I 
would just like to use the equipment I have if possible.

Both the SATA -> IDE and IDE -> CF adapters have female connectors on 
them so I need a gender changer to connect the two.

That's why I need them.

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Marc Christensen
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