The Zip IDE floppy drive was 40 pin.
Found it in my garage, came from an older computer. It has a 40-pin connector with a 40-wire ribbon cable. The cable has 2 40-pin FDD plugs and one 40-pin MB plug. Were 40-pin cables the standard at one time? Like in the computer dark ages???

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