>for the motherboard being different. And the MFM (or RTL) hard drive
>is no where in the category of your IDE, and it is questionable as to
>whether you can combine them in the same box. Others on the list
>will know for sure whether their different kinds of controllers can work
>together.
I've never managed it - the controller in this case would have a BIOS to drive
it, including a drive geometry specification - sometimes hardwired into the
firmware. An IDE card is basically just an extension to the bus, and the code
to drive these is mainly in the PC's BIOS, along with setup. Getting an IDE
card into a machine without an IDE-aware BIOS won't work, adding the MFM/RLL
card to an IDE box will probably meet with very little success.
Regards, Home page: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/8786
Ben A L Jemmett ICQ: 9848866 JGSD e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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