Re: CDROM Wanted

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From: Peter Robinson
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 00:00

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On Wed, 12 Nov 1997 00:06:27 -0800, D&J Petrie <deejay@jeack.com.au>
wrote:

>Yes I know SCSI if prefered, but my budget is IDE.
>BTW, (dumb question ahead) what is the 'E' in EIDE. Whats the 
>difference between this and IDE?

E stands for Enhanced IDE -->> All newer drives and all non hard drive
peripherals are EIDE. It is an extention to the original IDE spec to
allow faster transer rates and the addition of other devices such as
CD-ROMs, removable media, tape drives etc.

Ribbo

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Date: 1997/11/14
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