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From: halcyon!ralphs@seattleu.edu (Ralph Sims)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: How does one install an IDE drive?
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Date: 19 Mar 91 06:14:04 GMT
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rschmidt@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (roy schmidt) writes:

> Since your motherboard is 1989 vintage, your BIOS probably is, as well.
> To use an IDE drive, you will need to replace the BIOS with one dated
> 4/90 or later.  And, you will need an adaptor card (only about $20 for
> single hard drive, $50 for dual hard drive/dual floppy.)

We have a COMPAQ DESKPRO 386/16 with a 1986 BIOS.  Supports IDE
drives just fine (the original CDC and now a MicroScience, and we
had a Conner in it for a while).

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