Hi.
        Some things:
        -If you combine an HD and a slow CD on the same IDE cable,
on most chipsets HD performance will be degraded (I think TX is
an exception).
        -You can look for a third IDE channel on sound cards and
perhaps dedicated IDE cards. 1E8+ and 168+ are the usual addresses,
and the interrupt is not fixed. But the os and the device software
should recognise the third IDE.
        -You can probably go SCSI, preferably substituting your
scanner card.

>
> I would like to add a CD writer to my Pentium system. I already have an IDE
> CD rom and an IDE zip drive on my second IDE interface. On my primary IDE
> interface, I have 2 hard drives, soon to be replaced by a single hard drive,
> freeing up the slave channel. Can I have a CD writer as a slave to a hard
> drive? Or should I look for a scsi CD writer? Which brings me to the next
> question: Can I add another scsi card to my system which already has a
> proprietary scsi card for my scanner? What's the best way to go? It looks
> like there is a far greater selection of IDE CD writers. Thank You!
>
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Applying logarithms: (-1)*ln(-1) = ln(-1)
Since ln(-1) <> 0, dividing:  -1 = 1
     (ln(-1) is complex, but exists)


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