Subj : Re: IDE
To   : TOM WALKER
From : Matt Mc_Carthy
Date : Fri May 27 2005 01:26 am

26 May 2005, 09:14, TOM WALKER (1:123/140), wrote to MATT MC_CARTHY:

Hi TOM.

 MM>>I would think with the above description I'd connect from pin #39 
 MM>>to LED, to 470 ohm resistor, to +5V.  [I don't like bright LEDs].

 TW> So it is Pin 39 instead of 20. Looks like a "Senior Moment" made 
 TW> me Forget how the pins were counted. On my 2 1/2 Laptop Hard Drive 
 TW> to IDE cable adapter it looks like a Yellow/Purple/Brown resistor, the
 TW> colos are hard for me to make out.

That 'Yellow/Purple/Brown' would be a 470 ohm!   :-))

     Good luck...  M.

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