Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ieji.de/@mrsbeanbag" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mrsbeanbag</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chitter.xyz/@ruawhitepaw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ruawhitepaw</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dook.business/@certifieddook" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>certifieddook</span></a></span> would not be surpising to be given the interconnectedness of IT, Telcos and Broadcasting...</p><ul><li>Granted I'm shure the connector is just a 40-pin shortened variant of like a 50-pin connector for like telephone switching backplanes to facilitate RJ-21 50p50c / 25-line connects or something.</li></ul><p>Similarly Molex- (Power connector for 5,25" ODD with IDE) & Berg (3,5" FDD power connector) predate said drives.</p><ul><li>The main reason <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> used the same pitch 26- then 40-pin connectortion pitch is due to the abundance of cheap connectors, cable and the fact that 0,1mm pitch & the pins used are a breaboard-compatible standard.</li></ul><p>So yeah, pretty shure the 40-pin IDE cable was inspired by the 50-pin SCSI and 8" FDD drives that predate the IBM PC & ATA interface.</p><ul><li>That's just the nature of tech…</li></ul>