Re: Type 3 and 4 Disk drives

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From: Rajesh Varia
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 00:00

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In article <817564742snz@hayford.demon.co.uk>
           greg@hayford.demon.co.uk "Greg Hayes" writes:

> 
> Recently I have seen hard drives advertised as type 3 or type 4 drives.
> Can anyone shed any light on what this means and what is the difference.
> 
This is telling you the EIDE mode that the drive can operate with.  Basically
mode 4 is better than mode 3.  You must have a controller which is capable
of the approiate EIDE mode to take advantage of the additional features.

> -- 
> Greg Hayes
> Hayford Systems Ltd
> +44 71 247 3005 Tel
> +44 71 247 3280 Fax
> 

-- 
Rajesh Varia     raj@c4rv.demon.co.uk

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