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- From: rion@Ingres.COM (Rion Cassidy (x3357) OGT)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Disk/tape drive and vendor info needed.
- Message-ID: <1992Aug12.194358.25478@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Date: 12 Aug 92 19:43:58 GMT
- References: <Aug.10.23.22.47.1992.8181@theophilus.rutgers.edu>
- Reply-To: rion@Ingres.COM (Rion Cassidy (x3357) OGT)
- Organization: Ask Computer Systems Inc., Ingres Division, Alameda CA 94501
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- In article <Aug.10.23.22.47.1992.8181@theophilus.rutgers.edu> rapatel@theophilus.rutgers.edu ( Rakesh Patel) writes:
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- >
- >Will the Colorado tape drive work through the floppy controller as a
- >third drive? The controller I have is one of those IDE, 2 serial, 1
- >parallel, 2 floppy controllers, and I already have two floppy drives.
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- This definitely works, as I do it all the time with my system. You may need to
- get a special floppy cable with three connectors, but it shouldn't cost more
- than $10. Be sure to get a good IDE controller as some cheapos (i.e. $15)
- don't seem to handle three floppy-type devices real well.
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