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<DIV>In a message dated 4/7/2005 1:01:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, GoodwinG@aafes.com writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Hey, the IDE cable for the 2300... was that connector a special<BR>Apple thing, or were other computer companies in 1996 using that<BR>connector? If so, what brand laptops have they been found in?</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV>The cable in the Duo 2300 IDE drive is for that unit only....as with the great majority of laptops, all components are either proprietary or only swap within a small range of units. I've had two PeeCee laptops of the same make and model number with different internal components (thanks a lot, Dell....) which prevented easy troubleshooting.</DIV>
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<DIV>I'll dig thru the junquebox when I get time and see what I have kicking around.</DIV>
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<DIV>Cheers!</DIV>
<DIV>Andrew</DIV></BODY></HTML>