Using an MFM HD with an IDE HD

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From: Artificial Intelligence
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 18:19

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A friend of mine currently has one IDE drive with IDE 2HD/2FD interface card
in his system.  He also has an MFM drive, and plans to get an MFM interface
card, hopefully being able to use both drives.  Will the IDE drive and MFM
drive both be usable in the same system?  Has anyone attempted this?  If so, is
there any conflict over which drive is master, which card controls the 
floppies, or anything else which would prevent an MFM and an IDE drive from
peacefully coexisting? 

Thank you in advance-



Aaron
-- 
Lifetimes come and go, memories pass and fade;
The frailties of carbon based life shall yield
To the superior permanence of silicon...

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