If you mess around with old PCs, you’ll need to know how to locate pin 1 on old IDE and floppy drives. It should be marked. The connector should even be keyed so you can’t insert the connector upside down. Usually it’s one or the other, and sometimes it’s neither.
All posts for the day June 5th, 2011
How to find IDE pin 1 and floppy pin 1
Posted by Dave Farquhar on June 5, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/06/how-to-find-ide-pin-1-and-floppy-pin-1/
Punishing heat.
Yesterday it was a record-setting 98 degrees officially, with heat index well over 100. According to some weather stations near me, the temperature topped out at 102. Honestly, I don’t think a couple of degrees one way or the other makes much difference at that temperature. This morning it was a comparatively brisk 82 degrees [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on June 5, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/06/punishing-heat/