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- From: mtichy@fraser.sfu.ca (Martin Tichy)
- Subject: Re: local bus hard disk
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.015227.24034@sfu.ca>
- Sender: news@sfu.ca
- Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
- References: <1993Jan25.192638.1458@julian.uwo.ca> <1k1njuINN6mu@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:52:27 GMT
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- DC> Well, I guess the keyword there is *some*. I'm having no
- DC> problems with my Western Digital Caviar 340 in my Gateway
- DC> 2000 486-66DX2, which uses the local bus for both video and
- DC> IDE interface. I guess the HD has to be specifically
- DC> designed for the faster local bus.
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- Yep, at the time I bought my machine only two drive manufacturers
- supported the Rapid IDE Local Bus speeds. Western Digital and
- Quantum's newer drives support it.
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