"Phoebes R. Dokos" wrote: > > At 02:09 μμ 19/1/2002 +0000, you wrote: > > >Fabrizio Diversi wrote: > > > > > > Duncan, > > > yes it is really a good product, it work perfectly > > > also on my q40 (just the time to test it). > > > I tested it on my system with the two unit , cdrom > > > reader on ide controller 1 and the cd-writer on ide > > > controller 2 . > > > I recently add a second ide controller so now i can > > > fully use 4 ide unit (2 cdrom, 1 hd and the new cf > > > adapter) not only but also the 4 ser works perfetly! > > > >Hi Fabrizio > >I am a few Q40 IDE drives behind you but trying to catch up, I need to > >have three IDE drives HD1, CD and CF, and HD2 ( in Caddy ) would be > >nice > >How have you managed to get four, Peter suggested I need to add another > >I/O card but I would like to leave a slot free if possible and wondered > >if there are I/O cards with both Primary and Secondary IDE on them. > >Would you care to share your setup info with the rest of us? > >Enquiring minds need to know. > > Hi Bill, of course I am not Fabrizio (hehe) but I think I have an answer > for you... > I have seen only ONCE an ISA card with TWO IDE channels on it and that was > A LONG-LONG-LONG-LONG time ago. That was a special item too as it had 16 > Megs of Cache on it (really interesting). > Apart from that, the way I see it, the easiest thing for you would be to > install a nice ISA riser card with another 3-5 ports on it and be on the > safe side... (Your case must support it) > > Phoebus > > >All the best - Bill
Thanks Phoebus and everyone who helped I think I have one of these riser things at least I have a gadget that plugs into an ISA slot and produces two unfortunately it turns them through 90 degrees, it might work with a few cables but for the time being I am going to use two cards. Peter reckons he can get me a card ready to plug in that will work. I got a CD-RW drive for the PC yesterday at reasonably cost so the old CD can go into my Q40 and then I can get round to bringing the Q40 up to date as I have lots of stuff downloaded onto the PC that I need to install ( cd drivers, last lot of Prowes, QCDEZE and lots more ) All the best - Bill
