Re: local bus hard disk

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From: Wayne Smith
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 19:26

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Are current IDE drives able to handle local bus speeds?

I have a 213 MB maxtor, a 286-25, and a 12.5 mhz bus speed, and I have
no video or drive problems.  I had a friend's 120 mb maxtor in as
a second drive for a time, and it didn't work properly at 12.5 mhz,
but it did work at 8 mhz.  I can't see the IDE card as being the
problem, as it works fine for the 213 mb drive.

If some IDE drives don't work with a bus frequency higher than 8 mhz,
how can they benefit from being in a local bus interface?

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