See jrclark's comment at 5:25 am today. The Starmax has two IDE channels and one SCSI port. Each IDE channel can only support one device (set to master) each. Some of us have a SCSI CD player/CDRW (instead of an IDE type) installed giving us access to both IDE channels.
mudbro ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "StarMax List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 6:03 AM Subject: Re: IDE drivers > I had a similar question. I have a Starmax 5000/275. I just recently wanted > to ad an extra harddrive to go with the one shipped with the computer. I > purchased an IDE drive from otherworld computing. > > I thought that there was room on the cable for an additional IDE drive, but > when I opened up the box. The IDE Cable only had one place to hook up, which > was already hooked to the current drive. The SCSI cable had plenty of open > slots,so I sent the IDE drive back and bought a SCSI. > > Am I correct in this choice? I think the Starmax only allows for one IDE > Device? > > Is this true? > Eric > > -- > StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ > / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > > -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
