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From: jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Help! Four questions about IDE and CMOS.
Message-ID: <1991Jun16.061605.5531@crash.cts.com>
Date: 16 Jun 91 06:16:05 GMT
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shawr@buster.cps.msu.edu (Richung Shaw) writes:
>I just bought a 200M IDE drive and controler card for my 386sx. I
>have four questions that hope someone can answer. 
>
>Question #1: Can ST506 (MFM) drive co-exist with IDE drive? 
 
If you can configure the ST412/506 controller to work off IRQ 15 and the
secondary port address.

>Question #2: Where I can get the program to measure the disk I/O 
>	     rate and the benchmark of my system. Prefer from ftp site.
 
No, I can't sorry.

>Question #3: Any recommendation for the IDE controlers? 
 
WD140R, WD240R or WD440R.  I'm biased towards WD since they basically
developed IDE with Compaq.

>Question #4: How to modify the CMOS to match my hard drive. (Award BIOS)

Sorry, can't help you there.  I wouldn't use the Award BIOS if you paid me. 
The only two BIOS chips that I will use are AMI and Phoenix, NOTHING ELSE.

     // JCA

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