Phoebus Dokos wrote:
> Roy wood wrote:
> > It would be faster on a board which fully supports the device. Quite
> > how much gain you would have on a Qubide / Q60 (if it worked at all)
> > is another matter. I do not have a SATA drive to try it on so I cannot
> > tell. Anyone feel like taking the plunge. The IDE/SATA converters are
> > about 17 pounds and these are designed to be plugged into a Standard
> > IDE socket with plugs for two SATA drives. There are no drivers to
> > load but there are chips on board.
> I don't think they would be of any benefit other than clean up the cable
> mess.
That said, if Ultra-ATA drives disappear then if converters worked it
would be useful. Even if you still get old IDE drives they would less
cost effective and easy to get. While second-hand hard disks might be
less reliable, I say lets be modern on most things and show IBM PC
clone users we are not backwards.
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