Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!samsung!munnari.oz.au!uokmax!d.cs.okstate.edu!drd!john From: john@DRD.Com (John Horeth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.hardware Subject: How does one install an IDE drive? Keywords: IDE,disk,interface Message-ID: <1991Mar11.204553.6597@DRD.Com> Date: 11 Mar 91 20:45:53 GMT References: <23518@well.sf.ca.us> Sender: john@DRD.com Distribution: comp Organization: DRD Corporation Lines: 10 I have been offered a pretty good price on a IDE drive and want to know how it connects to the computer. The saleman told me that it simply connected to the motherboard??? I currently have a DTK motherboard (386) with an MFM type disc controller. The motherboard was made about 1989 if this make any difference. john@DRD.com | John M. Horeth, II {uunet,rutgers}!drd!john | Horeth Programming Services, Inc. - (918)622-9232 | c/o DRD Corporation (918)743-3013