Add in cards?

Richard R. Sivernell res005ru
Sun Dec 5 15:51:43 PST 2004


On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 17:45:16 -0500
Kurt Wall <kwall at kurtwerks.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 11:10:01PM -0500, Jerry McBride took 33 lines to write:
> > On Saturday 04 December 2004 10:12 pm, Kurt Wall wrote:
> > > On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 09:45:00PM -0500, Jerry McBride took 22 lines to 
> > write:
> > > > Would anyone recommend an add-in IDE card for the PCI bus? In particular,
> > > > I'd like to add four more IDE hard drives to my server.
> > >
> > > I have a Promise ATA100/133 card that works just fine.
> > 
> > That would be an Ultra 133 tx. I just ordered one, Thanks. Now to score some 
> > more hard drives. It's staggering, just how cheap ide drives have become now 
> > a days. I can build a terra-byte server for less than most 57" rear 
> > projection TV's and have money left over for a six-pack... :')
> 
> Yup. Ain't technology grand?
> 
> Kurt
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Hmmm, question is then, if you add a card to your system, do you get 6 ides'
instead of 4.

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