Re: Will the V120 support an IDE disk drive?

From: WilliamREMOVEWyattTHIS (REMOVEwyattTHIS_at_cfa.harvard.edu)
Date: 06/16/04


Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 09:07:53 -0400
To: Donn Miller <dmmiller@cvzoom.net>

Donn Miller wrote:
> David A.Lethe wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to get an IDE disk drive to work in the V120?
>
>
> There are cables available that allow connection of IDE drives to SCSI
> controllers. For example, while looking around on bestbuy.com:
>
>
> Belkin Ultra Dual IDE Hard Drive Cable
> Model: F2N1123-18
>
> Look under computers/cables & connectors/scsi

The "Ultra" above refers to Ultra-ATA, not Ultra SCSI. There is no
such thing as a cable alone that allows IDE <--> SCSI controller
connections.

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