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- From: edwards@ee.fit.edu (John Edwards)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Buying a SCSI controller board.
- Message-ID: <edwards.726808783@yacht>
- Date: 12 Jan 93 03:19:43 GMT
- References: <KEVR.93Jan9164818@idt103.is.morgan.com>
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- Organization: Florida Tech, CP/EE Dept.
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- In <KEVR.93Jan9164818@idt103.is.morgan.com> kevr@is.morgan.com (Kevin Reilly) writes:
-
- >I own a Gateway 486-DX2 ISA machine that has installed one
- >202 MB IDE hard disk as Disk1. I have come into possession
- >a Maxtor 213MB SCSI HD model LXT213SY. I would like to add this
- >disk onto my system. Here are a few questions I hope can be answered.
-
- >1. I know I must buy a SCSI controller board. But which one?
- > I am sure this question has been beaten to death already but I
- > have read too many horror stories of systems with both IDE and SCSI
- > disks not being able to function together w/o being a SCSI
- > interface guru.
-
- the IN2000 scsi adaptor by Always Technology was designed to work
- with other controllers. I had no problem using with a MFM at least.
- I've never tried it with a IDE though.
-
- You can call Always' tech support at 818-597-9595
-
- Another route would be to buy a printer port adapter. Always
- makes one, and Trantor came out with them first. I don't
- know what kind of performance hits you take though.
-