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From: gettys@regent.enet.dec.com (Bob Gettys N1BRM)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: RLL vs IDE
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Date: 22 Oct 90 17:17:18 GMT
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In article <27880001@hprpcd.HP.COM>, patf@hprpcd.HP.COM (pat fung) writes...
> 
>       One word of warning about IDE drives. If you intent to add a second
>IDE drive, you may have to stuck with the same manufacturer. I have try to
>use a CONNER and a Quantum drive together, no way. Different manufacturers
>use different master/slave handshake scheme. Beware!
> 
> 
>Pat


	I'm going to refute that. I had a Quantam Pro40 AT IDE drive as my
drive C: and  Conner 105mb IDE drive as my drives D: and E: in my 386sx clone
at home. At work we regularly mix Conner and Miniscribe drives in the same PC.



	/s/	Bob Gettys