Gary, I may be wrong (and I'm sure a lot of folks
will chime in if I am),
but it seems to me that most of the drives I look at, even modern ones, have
that thin-wire construction connecting head to board. I don't think that's
My experience is that 3.5" drives tend to use tapewire, as do some
half-height 5.25" ones. 8" drives, full-height 5.25" and other
half-height 5.25" use conventional screened cables.
-tony