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In article <1993Jan25.192638.1458@julian.uwo.ca> wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith) writes:
>
>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?

Well, I guess the keyword there is *some*.  I'm having no problems with my
Western Digital Caviar 340 in my Gateway 2000 486-66DX2, which uses the local 
bus for both video and IDE interface.  I guess the HD has to be specifically 
designed for the faster local bus.

Dan.

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The University of Texas at Austin		Electrical/Computer Engineering
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