A cable for transmitting electronic signals consisting of several insulated wires connected together to form a flat ribbon.
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- There is a fix for hardware-hitting applications that involves the use of a PCI card with a ribbon cable connecting it to the edge connector on an A1200.
- An external disk drive handled long-term file storage and a flat ribbon cable sent data out to the printer.
- Attach the two connectors on the new ribbon cable to both your hard disks.
- Yes, it is possible to use a ribbon cable to connect external drives.
- A short ribbon cable connects the PCB to the IDE connector on the hard drive and a molex cable does the same for power.