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From: an353@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Adam Benjamin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: ICD AdIDE update
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Date: 5 Feb 91 03:11:24 GMT
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I called ICD today (Monday) and they said the AdIDE unit was NOT
shipping yet, but this week it will (I wonder when this week is?) 
A tech also confirmed that there were probably going to be two
units (He thought they were the 400 and the 440) the difference
being that one was for the small 2.5 inch drives that draw power
right through the ribbon cable while the other was for external
IDE drives (of the 3.5 or larger types)
He said (the tech said) that he assumed the smaller ones would only be 
sold bundled with a conner 20meg drive on rails ready to take up
residence inside your 500, while the controller for the larger drives
would be available separately. 
I don't know alot about IDE, but apparently there must be enough
difference between the self powered ones (that draw power from the 
ribbon cable) and the larger externally powered ones to require
2 different ICD models for the Amiga, (leave it to a PC, and look what
happens {grin})
   Adam B.
P.S. If anyone hears that these are shipping, HOLLER! and tell me who
has them.


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