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From: bob@allan.sublink.org (sysop          )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: '386 Questions
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Date: 20 May 90 01:39:48 GMT
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> One more thing.  ST-506/412 MFM, ST-506/412 RLL and ESDI are also not
> supported on the motherboard level.  IDE is supported on the motherboard
> level because that is what it was designed for.  So ruling out SCSI
> because of no motherboard support is ridiculous.  I prefer computers
> not to come with motherboard support so I can use whatever controller I
> want/afford.

Don't agree.
Only FEW mother-boards directly support IDE drives. On almost all cases
you need a small and INEXPENSIVE host adapter card to run IDE drives!
I've seen a half-size card (Taiwan made of course...) with support for:
2 floppy (360, 720, 1200, 1440)
2 IDE hard drive
2 serial port (only COM1 & COM2, deselectable)
1 parallel port
1 game port (joystick)
1 bus mouse port
Stop :-)
Ah, forget the price: in Italy about 50-60 US$

Bye from Italy
                        Lanfranco

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