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Article #72034Re: IDE - CD ROMs
From: John Beardmore
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 1995 02:46
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 1995 02:46
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In article <749882286wnr@dcad.demon.co.uk>
alang@dcad.demon.co.uk "Alan Groom" writes:
>I want to add an IDE CD ROM to a system currently configured with two
>IDE HDDs (One Master one Slave). I seem to recall IDE will only handle
>two drives max. Does the CD ROM pretend to be a slave drive and thus
>clash with the existing slave IDE HDD?
You can now get IDE and EIDE cards which can drive a total of 4 drives on 2
IDE busses.
Promise is one reputable brand.
You need device drivers to access the second pair of devices but people
round here seem to have managed to get a CD ROM on as a 3rd drive as master
on the second IDE bus AFAIR.
--
John Beardmore wookie@wookie.demon.co.uk
wookie@cix.compulink.co.uk
Remember children: 'M' is for Monoculture, Monopoly and for Microsoft.
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