> Not really - a PCI Promise IDE controller is about $100. Do yourself a favour and *don't* get anything Promise, Promise is only pain, no gain.
A simple IDE PCI card (no Promise) is $60 up. Compared with an old piece of computer hardware worth < $300 that is relatively expensive. Of course in a new computer things look more... relative :) (though sinking those $60 into a better mobo may be a better move) > And it will work at ATA-100 speeds even on older machines. I have one in a > celeron 433 that would only otherwise do ATA-33. Now that is a good point. Thanks for mentioning it. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
