Those 'dummy' wires are for grounding out each pin. Allows for less signal noise. (Just basically as you said.. but the wires are for grounding) so each pin has a ground connection. On Wednesday 15 August 2001 15:08, Tom Brinkman wrote: > BTW, an ata/100 capable cable has 80 wires .... but only 40 > conductors. The other 40 are 'dummy' wires. Puddin again, there's > still only 40 pins on the ends of a 80 wire cable. The other 40 are > spread in between as seperators to lower signal inductance (noise). > A computer is just another kinda radio. -- Leif Madsen Plan-Net Technologies http://www.plannettechnologies.com Registered Linux User: #219104 WALIO Current Uptime: 6:47pm up 5 days, 1:08, 2 users, load average: 0.02, 0.05, 0.01
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