Phoebus R. Dokos writes: >>Id like to connect both a CD-ROM and a CF-reader to my Q60 (in addition to >>the main hard disk) - but not necessarily both at the same time. However, I >>dont like having my beautiful machine lying around with half its guts >>hanging out so I can easily swap things around when i need to. >> >>1) Would it be possible to use an IDE cable with one master and two parallel >>slave connectors and an (externally mounted) switch to switch the power >>between the one device or the other (at switch-on time), to make it do what >>Im trying to achieve? >> >>2) Can anyone on this list make up such a cable and switch for me? >> >>Per > >Per, >There is a device called the Trios (check it out at www.tigerdirect.com) >that allows up to 3 IDE devices to be connected on the same place
Thanks for that. However, all I want is an extra connector on the cable and a switch to toggle power to either the one device or the other, ie nothing worth $39 + p&p and a big box. Were not talking hot-swapping here as, as TF points out below, the drives are normally initialised at startup. Nothing ambitious in other words: I simply want the option to select either the one device or the other at boot time without having to reconnect the cables. I dont have the gear or knowledge to make up such a cable myself. Per
