13 Jul
2006
13 Jul
'06
11:44 a.m.
Does anybody have any documentation for the HP
Nighthawk 20mb drive?
Do you mean the "kittyhawk"? It was a mini IDE,
similar to today's 2.5" laptop HD.
If you mean something else, ignore the reset of this message.
It'sgot a custom 40 pin interface that's
neither IDE, SCSI nor ST506. Even a
pin out would be helpful, and a manual would be wonderful!
If it was a mini 40 pin, then it is PROBABLY IDE. See:
http://www.homebrewcpu.com/hp_kittyhawk_1_3_microdrive.htm
for reference
I quote:
The Kittyhawk can be used via a 2.5" IDE cable adapter (commonly used to adapt
notebook hard drives to desktop systems). There is a significant warning, though. You
MUST NOT plug the drive in backwards. Modern drives can typically survive being put in
backwards. The Kittyhawk, though, will not. If you plug it in backwards, it will be
destroyed.
Not the warning too. Don't plug it in wrong!
13 Jul
13 Jul
10:04 p.m.
On 7/14/06, Kelly Leavitt <kelly at catcorner.org> wrote:
Bob's already covered the fact that it's a Nighthawk not a Kittyhawk,
but in any case, I wanted to point out that 2.5" IDE drives have a
*44* pin connector, not 40. It needs a place for power since unlike
3.5" and larger drives, there is no 4-pin Molex power connector.
I have a Kittyhawk (it's on an IDE-64 on my C-64)... it is definitely
a 44-pin device.
-ethan
Does anybody
have any documentation for the HP Nighthawk 20mb drive?
Do you mean the
"kittyhawk"? It was a mini IDE, similar to today's 2.5" laptop HD.
If you mean something else, ignore the reset of this message.
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