Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!bnrgate!bwdls61!bwdls58!mlord
From: mlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Two hard disk controllers...
Keywords: Hard disk
Message-ID: <5538@bwdls58.UUCP>
Date: 5 Feb 91 20:59:27 GMT
References: <6605@munnari.oz.au>
Sender: mlord@bwdls58.UUCP
Reply-To: mlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
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In article <6605@munnari.oz.au> bevan@ecr.mu.oz.au (Bevan the Aviator.) writes:
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<I have an Amstrad PC1640, and a 20Mb Verbatium Hard card.
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<Is it possible to add another hard disk (XT type, 40+Mb) and controller
<to this system?
<Will I be able to tell the computer to boot off the new drive.

I have done this to a PC1640 without a hardcard also present,
so the real question is probably "can the hardcard co-exist with
an XT disk controller card?"
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