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Article #8259Re: How does one install an IDE drive?
From: Ralph Sims
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1991 03:03
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1991 03:03
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john@DRD.Com (John Horeth) writes:
> I have been offered a pretty good price on a IDE drive and want to know how
> it connects to the computer. The saleman told me that it simply connected
> to the motherboard???
Well, almost, and with some boards, maybe so. But most need some sort
of interface, in this case called an IDE interface. They run about
US$20 via mailorder, and normally include an 'intelligent' floppy
controller built in. As for your particular board, I imagine it
does not have the IDE interface on it, as it has accepted another
type of controller in the past, without re-configuring it, I guess.
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