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Article #101Re: 2 IDE on A1200.
From: Simon Dick
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 18:14
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 18:14
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On Tue, 23 Jan 1996, John Kennedy wrote:
> rcolbert@oasis.novia.net (Bob Colbert) wrote:
>
> >Martin Leslie Baker (mlb@rekab.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> >: You are supposed to be able to use 2 IDE drives on an A1200. How do I do
> >: it. Note that I only want to do this temporarily.
> >:
>
> >There should be jumpers on the drives, you need to jumper one as a
> >"master" and one as a "slave".
>
> If using two 2.5 inch IDE drives then good luck -- setting one up as
> master and one as slave is almost impossible.
>
> If using two 3.5 inch drives: don't do it! The IDE port is unbuffered
> and athiough one drive works well, two is risking it. Plus the power
> consumption of course.
Yes, but how about connecting one 2.5" drive and one 3.5" drive to the
1200? It's possible, I know all the jumper setting, but has anyone seen a
cable that would allow me to do that?
Simon Dick sidick@essex.ac.uk
IRC: SimD
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