An IDE cable connects to devices via a 40-pin connector, ensuring a secure and reliable link for data exchange. Although not ...

Early home PCs usually had a floppy disk and a simple hard drive controller. Later, IDE hard drives became ... a single interface board for each computer they wanted to support.

An earlier expansion card that plugged into a PC and contained the connection for up to four IDE hard disks. It generally also provided controllers for two floppy disks, two serial, one parallel ...