Re: Trouble with a Mitsumi CD-Rom & Creative Labs Soundcard

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From: Gary Williams
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 00:00

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On Thu, 04 Apr 1996 14:30:14 GMT, Chris Isbell <chris@kenda.co.uk>
wrote:


>It is likely that the Mitsumi CD-ROM drive uses an IDE interface and 
>ATAPI while the sound card has the special 'Mitsumi' interface found on 
>their very early CD-ROM drives.
>
>When I had the same problem, the only solution was to buy an EIDE card 
>that allows up to four drives. (It also provided two 16550 compatible 
>serial ports as well.)
>
That makes sense, A quick flick through the Sound Card manual did not
list the Mitsumi Fx-400.

If I get another IDE Card can I leave the two Hard drives on the IDE
controller on the motherboard?
Will the two IDE controllers co-exist happily or will I need to change
something?

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