Re: Possible to disable EIDE on PCI motherboards?

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From: William Harris
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 1995 00:00

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Keith Bennett (kbennett@cpcug.org) wrote:
: I am considering buying a Pentium motherboard with onboard EIDE.  I
: don't want the EIDE; it just seems to be included on most MB's.  I
: will be getting an Adaptec 2940 SCSI adapter.  My question is: is it
: possible to completely disable the onboard EIDE controller so the
: IRQ's it occupies can be used by other hardware?  One of the things I
: really like about SCSI is that you can use all kinds of devices all
: on 1 IRQ.
:  
: Thanks for any help.
: - Keith
:  
How about just getting a PCI pentium motherboard with onboard SCSI, they are
around....

	-Will
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From: William Harris <willh@strategicthought.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Possible to disable EIDE on PCI motherboards?
Date: 1995/10/04
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