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From: mstr@vipunen.hut.fi (Markus Strand)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Another IDE-question...
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Date: 20 Mar 91 17:53:44 GMT
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In article <91076.212734RCG903@MAINE.BITNET> RCG903@MAINE.BITNET (martti toivakka) writes:
>Please point me to the appropriate FAQ archive site if this has
>been asked zillion times.
> 
>Can I have both an IDE-harddrive  AND  a MFM or RLL -drive in my AT?

No. The computer see your IDE-drive as an ST-506 connection, that is
what you called a MFM or RLL. MFM and RLL are used also in IDE-drives,
they are data storing standards. ST-412, ST-506 and IDE are connector
standards.

Markus Strand
mstr@vipunen.hut.fi