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Article #820Combining MFM and IDE drives
From: Bob Hood
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 04:07
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 04:07
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I am in a situation where I need more disk space in my PC, and I have a CONNER 3.5", 120MB IDE drive in my '486 with one of those all-purpose controller cards (SERIAL, FLOPPIES, HDD, etc). I also have a Seagate ST-251 40MB MFM-based hard drive sitting here staring me in the face. I have fiddled with some MFM controller cards in my machine (along side the IDE controller), but can't seem to get the two to peacefully co-exist. I'm not (yet) asking for a method of making it work, I would just like to know if it is possible to intermix these two hard drive types in the same computer. Please reply via email, unless you think this topic merits a public response. Bob P.S. I am aware that this may not be the appropriate group, but, of the 10 groups I subscribe to on my home PC, it was the closest. Unless you have an exceptionally clever flame, save the bandwidth...
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mnemosyne.cs.du.edu!arrakis! From: @arrakis.denver.co.us (Bob Hood) Newsgroups: alt.msdos.programmer Subject: Combining MFM and IDE drives Distribution: world Message-ID: <724306074snx@arrakis.denver.co.us> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 04:07:54 GMT Organization: Bob's Programming Paradise Reply-To: thor@arrakis.denver.co.us Lines: 19