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From: werner@aecom.yu.edu (Craig Werner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Conner IDE drives
Summary: Conner in a 10MHz bus
Message-ID: <3001@aecom.yu.edu>
Date: 5 Sep 90 04:05:56 GMT
References: <1990Aug11.040610.2366@agate.berkeley.edu> <9940.26d03e5c@amherst.bitnet>
Organization: Albert Einstein Coll. of Med., NY
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In article <9940.26d03e5c@amherst.bitnet>, tgoldin@amherst.bitnet writes:
> In article <1990Aug11.040610.2366@agate.berkeley.edu>, ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu writes:
> > What is the net-wisdom on IDE drives?  I am considering a Conner IDE
> > 200M, which costs aprox. $900.  In this price range, would I be better
> 
> _before_ it came to market (as opposed to SCSI).  The only thing to watch out
> for is that Connor drives will not operate properly in a machine that has a 10
> MHz bus speed.  

	My computer has both a 10MHz bus and a Conner CP-344 drive. So,
at least in the case of the 40MB drive, the assertion that the two are
incompatible is untrue.  At least I hope that is the case, since I hope
to add a CP-3204 someday when I can afford it.
-- 
	        Craig Werner   (future MD/PhD, 5.5 years down, 2.5 to go)
	     werner@aecom.YU.EDU -- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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