[plug] Bit of hardware advice

[John Summerfield]

>
> 
> Well it looks like the promise is going to win over the Epox, just need to
> find a supplier.
> 
> I do understand I can plug the drive into my onboard ide channel, but the
> problem is that I have more ide devices than channels (2 disks, zip, burner,
> cdrom). If I am going to buy a new controller card to fit all these devices
> then it makes sense to go for the 66 over say a 33 even if the speed
> difference is not noticeable. The KA does 7,200 so it is going to be quite a
> bit faster than my old 6 gig drive.

Ah well. Get anycard, plug the slow devices into it. Anycard's likely to 
be cheaper, especialy if it's a sound card already in the box. I have an 
SB16 card that I've hung a HDD off; it should handle, say, the CD and 
burner (do you really want BOTH?) or burner & zip.


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John Summerfield
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