A maximum of two devices can be placed on an EIDE / PATA cable. Not all cables will include two connectors for doing so, though.
An EIDE / PATA controller supports a maximum of two devices. Most computers have one or two controllers.
Two. A Single IDE/EIDE channel has two ports, each of which will support a single device.
2 devices per controller
EIDE cable uses a 40-pin connector at the end of the cable to interface with the drive.
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PATA can be expressed as an IDE or EIDE cable as well.
The cable connects between the motherboard of the computer and the hard-drive or optical drive.
Typically EIDE cables connect to IDE Hard-drives and optical drives such as CD and DVD Drives. The cable connects between the motherboard of the computer and the hard-drive or optical drive. Normally most motherboards have two idea buses. You can have to drives per cable. So a total of 4 drives.
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Cat-5 has 4 pairs and 8 wires
Cat-5 has 4 pairs and 8 wires
The floppy drive cable would be about half the width than the other.
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