RCG903@MAINE.BITNET (martti toivakka) (03/18/91)
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? martti toivakka RCG903@MAINE RCG903@MAINE.MAINE.EDU "I'll play with it first and tell you what it is later" --Miles Davis
mstr@vipunen.hut.fi (Markus Strand) (03/21/91)
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