Re: Can IDE eventually beat ESDI in per

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From: neese
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1991 19:27

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>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???
>
>I currently have a DTK motherboard (386) with an MFM type disc controller.
>The motherboard was made about 1989 if this make any difference.

If you do not have the 40 pin header on your motherboard for the IDE drive
to plug into, you will need a paddle board for the bus.

			Roy Neese
			Adaptec Senior SCSI Applications Engineer
			UUCP @  neese@adaptex
				uunet!cs.utexas.edu!utacfd!merch!adaptex!neese

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