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From: rafiq@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Salik "slick" Rafiq)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: IDE drives: good or evil?
Message-ID: <1991Feb19.230733.27173@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Date: 19 Feb 91 23:07:33 GMT
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In article <7633@crash.cts.com> jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau) writes:
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>The only thing one should worry about with respect to IDE is compatability. 
>From what I have heardhow compatable your IDE drive is in your system depends
>on who's IDE adaptor you use plus which manufacturer of IDE drive you go with.
>
>Supposedly Conner, Imprimis (now a division of Seagate), and Maxtor are
>dependable.  I can only attest for Conner.

Unfortunatly, the Maxtor 200Meg IDE drive will not always boot on my
33MHZ-386 system. 9 times out of 10 it will boot...this is really
irritating. I now must decide between a 200Meg Conner or a 200Meg
Seagate. :-(

I've heard of other such problem with large-fast IDE drives in
fast motherboards.

Salik.


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