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From: dtiberio@csserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: ICD AdIDE update
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Date: 7 Feb 91 04:53:02 GMT
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In article <9102050311.AA14625@cwns9.INS.CWRU.Edu> an353@cleveland.Freenet.Edu writes:
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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.
>

  Briwall $534 or so, 45 megs, 3.5 inch (I think). 
     1-800-638-5757

  I called Creative Computers, and apparantly they have IDE drives for
  IBM computers.

>
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