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- From: jre@zeos.com (Jim Erickson)
- Subject: Re: Mixing HD Controllers??
- Organization: Zeos International, Ltd
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:41:54 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.204154.5297@zeos.com>
- References: <1jmi4fINN3dq@sixgun.East.Sun.COM>
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- In article <1jmi4fINN3dq@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> awang@sunpix.East.Sun.COM (Angus Wang - Sun NC Development Center) writes:
- >I am interested in purchasing a 486 system and was wondering if
- >one could have more than one disk controller in a PC system of
- >different types. For example, if the package comes with a 200Meg
- >IDE drive with dual FD connections, could I use another slot later
- >and drop in a SCSI controller in and use SCSI HD/tape drive/CD-ROM,
- >or would I have to remove the IDE controller & disk? This would help
- >me decide whether to upgrade now or later.
- >
- >Thanks,
- >
- >Angus
- >
- >
- >--
- >North Carolina Development Center
-
- It varies greatly with the types and brands of controllers you intend on
- using. If you are planning to drop in a SCSI later, though, good SCSI
- controllers will coexist with just about anything. The Adaptec series, for
- example, will automatically relocate its drives to be after your other drives.
- Make sure the second controller you buy has an on-board BIOS that has this
- capability and it should work great.
-
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