Drives still have jumper pins. Jumper pin settings cannot be configured in software.
Masou0007
Honestly for me, it was the damn ribbon cables. I swear they never pushed fully in on the first try, and what a pain in the ass to manage. Rounded cables were kind of questionable at times too.
SATA made things just so much more plug and play.
1CurlyHeadedFuck
How are jumper pins configured with software?
Necromartian
I remember in my early teens when installing my first computer with my brother and he was like “Oh yeah, you have to move that pin to that to make this work”
I felt like a god damn hacker at that point.
That was the last time I truly felt happiness.
xmastreee
I had a rig with two disks, and I wired a switch to the M/S jumpers so that I could choose which disk to boot from.
leonardob0880
Sometimes the hard way is better.
Once you set a jumper, nothing will change it except another human. Nowadays by software an update, or malware can change it without you knowing.
Hattix
Yes, you set them to CS, used a proper cable, and forgot about them.
SensitiveCover5939
primary slave) secondary slave) nice)
JaggedMetalOs
I mean, no, they just took the ability to have more than 1 drive attached to a single port away when they introduced SATA.
But now they give you 4/6+ SATA ports instead of just the 2 IDE ports so I guess we’re even.
xiBurnx
i got nice ones with pulltabs on them so i dont need tweezers to grab them. yes i still use these lmao
Flash24rus
2 HDDs 1 cable
RedMdsRSupCucks
Master/ slave
Back when I thought that 650mb hdd’s would have so much space that I’ll never be able to fill them
miniator87
Ohh i miss this time period. What i miss the most is the sound off a full disk in floppy drive
therealduckie
Not to mention they used the terms “Master” and “Slave”.
*edit* – What sort of garbage person downvotes this?
Fabulous-Theory9708
What was even better were the pins and jumpers on the motherboard to overclock the cpu.
ShareEducational1900
šš»āāļø You guys suck. I know Iām old. Stop rubbing it in! š
Sadik
Aaaah the good old times of slavery!
ShadowPrincess007
Master….Slave!
Willyscoiote
The master and slave I’m feeling old
Kirk_Plunk
Can anyone explain what they are, I do remember having that type of hdd just don’t remember exactly what that is.
Ripsky_was_taken
I have one rn and i have no parts wires nor adaptors to take the photos and videos of my parents out š
jankyplaninmotion
Never mind the jumper the whole IDE bus is a dinosaur these days.
Remarkable_Object449
Well I remember that the older hard drives were immortal compared to the new pieces of shit that randomly die for no reason.
Yeah I am fully aware of nvme and ssd.
Talamis
Remember Cableselect!
Gardinenpfluecker
In b4 Master/Slave discussion…
Ronyx2021
My first hard drive was sata. My other one is micro b.
tetsu_no_usagi
Oh yeah, I remember setting jumper pins for everything plugging into a motherboard. I’m still wondering why the A+ certification is at all relevant post-Windows 98 and “plug ‘n’ play” features in the modern OS.
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Drives still have jumper pins. Jumper pin settings cannot be configured in software.
Honestly for me, it was the damn ribbon cables. I swear they never pushed fully in on the first try, and what a pain in the ass to manage. Rounded cables were kind of questionable at times too.
SATA made things just so much more plug and play.
How are jumper pins configured with software?
I remember in my early teens when installing my first computer with my brother and he was like “Oh yeah, you have to move that pin to that to make this work”
I felt like a god damn hacker at that point.
That was the last time I truly felt happiness.
I had a rig with two disks, and I wired a switch to the M/S jumpers so that I could choose which disk to boot from.
Sometimes the hard way is better.
Once you set a jumper, nothing will change it except another human. Nowadays by software an update, or malware can change it without you knowing.
Yes, you set them to CS, used a proper cable, and forgot about them.
primary slave) secondary slave) nice)
I mean, no, they just took the ability to have more than 1 drive attached to a single port away when they introduced SATA.
But now they give you 4/6+ SATA ports instead of just the 2 IDE ports so I guess we’re even.
i got nice ones with pulltabs on them so i dont need tweezers to grab them. yes i still use these lmao
2 HDDs 1 cable
Master/ slave
Back when I thought that 650mb hdd’s would have so much space that I’ll never be able to fill them
Ohh i miss this time period. What i miss the most is the sound off a full disk in floppy drive
Not to mention they used the terms “Master” and “Slave”.
*edit* – What sort of garbage person downvotes this?
What was even better were the pins and jumpers on the motherboard to overclock the cpu.
šš»āāļø You guys suck. I know Iām old. Stop rubbing it in! š
Aaaah the good old times of slavery!
Master….Slave!
The master and slave I’m feeling old
Can anyone explain what they are, I do remember having that type of hdd just don’t remember exactly what that is.
I have one rn and i have no parts wires nor adaptors to take the photos and videos of my parents out š
Never mind the jumper the whole IDE bus is a dinosaur these days.
Well I remember that the older hard drives were immortal compared to the new pieces of shit that randomly die for no reason.
Yeah I am fully aware of nvme and ssd.
Remember Cableselect!
In b4 Master/Slave discussion…
My first hard drive was sata. My other one is micro b.
Oh yeah, I remember setting jumper pins for everything plugging into a motherboard. I’m still wondering why the A+ certification is at all relevant post-Windows 98 and “plug ‘n’ play” features in the modern OS.
oh, good old times..
Master, Master&Slave present (Seagate/Conner), Slave..
and….
Limit to 32MB Jumper
There were also in the cd-drive
Ah yes, when hardware had to work in the cotton fields
… now Master of Puppets is in my head …