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- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!gatech!psuvax1!psuvm!chm103
- Organization: Penn State University
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 08:04:19 EST
- From: <CHM103@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Message-ID: <93008.080419CHM103@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: ESDI hard drive
- Distribution: world
- References: <Matt_Kievit.0bzy@abcd.Houghton.MI.US>
- <1ii9bmINNkoo@crcnis1.unl.edu>
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- In article <1ii9bmINNkoo@crcnis1.unl.edu>, pickrell@hoss.unl.edu (Andrew
- Pickrell) says:
- >
- >In <Matt_Kievit.0bzy@abcd.Houghton.MI.US> Matt_Kievit@abcd.Houghton.MI.US
- >(Matt
- >Kievit) writes:
- >
- >>Does anyone (someone should) know if an ESDI hard drive with 16bit
- >>controller will work with OS/2? I can pick up one fairly cheap compared to
- >>another IDE. Also, will it coexist with my current IDE controller? I have
- >>a 386DX-33 if it matters at all.. Thanks...
- >
- >
- >>-- Via DLG Pro v0.995
- >
- >To the first question, yes os/2 works fine with esdi drives I have run with
- >both a compaq esdi system and Gateway 2000 with Ultrasort 12F esdi controller.
- >
- >I don't know about coexistance.
- >
- >Andy
- >
- >--
- >===========================================================================
- >
- >Andrew Pickrell | My opinions are my own,
- >
- >UNL Dept. of Chemical Engineering | but they could be yours too
- >EMail :pickrell@hoss.unl.edu | for the low price of 5 bucks...
- >
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- An ESDI and an IDE cannot coexist in the sam system. You can use either
- of them with a SCSI drive though.
-