Quadruple IDE lead??

From: Bruce Lane <kyrrin_at_bluefeathertech.com>
Date: Sun Apr 1 14:05:17 2001

At 18:54 01-04-2001 +0100, Pete wrote:

>http://page.auctions.yahoo.com/uk/auction/46884899
>
>This claims to be a quadruple IDE lead... I thought IDE only allowed for 2
>devices per controller? Am I wrong about this?

        Per I/O port, actually. Many IDE interfaces have two channels.

        Still doesn't help. IDE is IDE. No matter what "enhancements" they kludge
onto it, it'll never come close to SCSI's flexibility.


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