macs and IDE drives...

From: Hans Franke <franke_at_sbs.de>
Date: Thu Jun 25 05:55:58 1998

> this isn't really "classic" per se, but...

It's the classic Mac-IDE question.

And the answer is simple no.

> I grabbed a performa 636cd, w/ a 500mb ide drive. being curious i
> ripped out the 1-connector ide cable and connected a 2-connector; the
> mac ide quantum (which specifically says "apple" on it...) was set as
> master, and i popped a seagate on as a slave. no boot unless i popped in
> the mac disk tools. if i take off the 2nd ide drive, it boots. being a
> total mac idiot, is it even possible to use a ATA ide drive on a mac? or
> is there something else to this that i'm missing? any help would be
> gratefully appreciated. thanks.

Yes_and_no to all questions. It's just that Apple only suports
one _one_ IDE drive. Almost any drive work correctly, but you
need third party setup software like HDT.

Gruss
H.

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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
Received on Thu Jun 25 1998 - 05:55:58 BST

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