Re: EIDE or IDE?

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From: Peter da Silva
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 00:00

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In article <3612A94C.48388193@earthlink.net>,
Dave Van den Branden  <djvb@earthlink.net> wrote:
>same thing.  for some reason.

>Tim Metz wrote:
>> My hard drive has crashed and now I need to buy a new one, but with every
>> hard drive I see it is either EIDE or IDE. How do I know if I need to buy an
>> IDE hard drive or an EIDE hard drive?

Since an IDE "controller" is just a bit of buffering to extend the ISA bus,
it doesn't matter. The real question is whether you should get an [E]IDE or
a SCSI drive.

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From: peter@baileynm.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: EIDE or IDE?
Date: 1998/10/01
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