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Article #840Re: Combining MFM and IDE drives
From: Kevin Spousta
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 01:45
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 01:45
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@arrakis.denver.co.us (Bob Hood) writes: >I am in a situation where I need more disk space in my PC What would you POSSIBLY want with more disk space? <grin> >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. YES! It can be done.. You'll need a special controller for the IDE and will have to boot from the MFM. (blech!) Adaptec makes a controller called an ADP-60L that will read the drive params from an IDE and make it fly. I use one of these cards in one of my servers because the thing is so old it won't recognize a 210m drive. I set the ADP as the secondary controller, the drive type for the 2nd (210m) drive as type 1 and off I go. Maybe an MFM controller that'd let you set it up as the secondary controller would work. Just a thought.
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Newsgroups: alt.msdos.programmer Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!network.ucsd.edu!qualcom.qualcomm.com!qualcom!kspousta From: kspousta@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Kevin Spousta) Subject: Re: Combining MFM and IDE drives Message-ID: <kspousta.724643101@qualcom> Sender: news@qualcomm.com Nntp-Posting-Host: qualcom.qualcomm.com Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA References: <724306074snx@arrakis.denver.co.us> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 01:45:01 GMT Lines: 21