Mixing HD Controllers??

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2 total messages Started by Angus Wang - Sun NC Development ... Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:14

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Author: Angus Wang - Sun NC Development ...
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:14

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I am interested in purchasing a 486 system and was wondering if
one could have more than one disk controller in a PC system of
different types.  For example, if the package comes with a 200Meg
IDE drive with dual FD connections, could I use another slot later
and drop in a SCSI controller in and use SCSI HD/tape drive/CD-ROM,
or would I have to remove the IDE controller & disk? This would help
me decide whether to upgrade now or later.

Thanks,

Angus


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Re: Mixing HD Controllers??

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Author: Jim Erickson
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:41

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In article <1jmi4fINN3dq@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> awang@sunpix.East.Sun.COM (Angus Wang - Sun NC Development Center) writes:
>I am interested in purchasing a 486 system and was wondering if
>one could have more than one disk controller in a PC system of
>different types.  For example, if the package comes with a 200Meg
>IDE drive with dual FD connections, could I use another slot later
>and drop in a SCSI controller in and use SCSI HD/tape drive/CD-ROM,
>or would I have to remove the IDE controller & disk? This would help
>me decide whether to upgrade now or later.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Angus
>
>
>-- 
>North Carolina Development Center

   It varies greatly with the types and brands of controllers you intend on
using.  If you are planning to drop in a SCSI later, though, good SCSI
controllers will coexist with just about anything.  The Adaptec series, for
example, will automatically relocate its drives to be after your other drives.
Make sure the second controller you buy has an on-board BIOS that has this
capability and it should work great. 

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