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Date:      Sun, 19 Apr 1998 21:29:10 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Stephen Hocking-Senior Programmer PGS Tensor Perth <shocking@prth.pgs.com>
Cc:        hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Narrow SCSI controllers, and using WIDE drives with them 
Message-ID:  <199804200429.VAA03887@antipodes.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 20 Apr 1998 11:12:33 %2B0800." <199804200312.LAA24540@ariadne.tensor.pgs.com> 

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> Is it possible, and if you have one of those 50 pin flat ribbon cables, is it 
> possible to buy adaptors for those D-plug style connectors?

Yes.

> Stephen, whose boot barracuda is dying, and is considering IDE Ultra DMA.

Even without the "ultra" word, if you only have a single disk, and the 
machine is a workstation, and you don't plan on swapping heavily, IDE 
is very effective.
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