Hi Tom,
Pardon me,  if i am asking a foolish question. As I am new to Hardware side,
so I know very little.
Pl correct me if I am wrong. If I go for a ZIP drive on USB Port, will that
be external? I am actually looking for some
solution which can allow me to have an internal ZIP drive .
But ur solution of buying some IDE port seems a very good solution. Can u
tell me what should I buy for having some more IDE port.
One more good thing, ABIT KT-7 has 6 PCI slot, of which I think 2 should be
free. Can I some how use them to get some more IDE port.
Thanks
Shail Sharma
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Turak" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Too Few IDE ports


> I run my zip drive off of a Jazz PIC SCSCI adapter, using the advantis
> chipset, with a single inernal 50 pin (narrow) cable connector, and a 25
pin
> ecternal connector.  It costs about 35.00 retail, and usually comes with
the
> zip if you buy a retail kit.  Although you can add more ide ports, the
SCSI
> has the doubtful advantage of being a different bus, so it may have less
an
> impact on performance, and the external connection, so you can plug in
> scanners, etc, if you like, although I'm betting external scsi peripherals
> are in decline compared to competing standards usb, etc.
> Tom Turak
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shail Sharma [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 1:28 PM
>
> Hi all,
> I recently bought a computer, and I saw some strange things in its start
up.
> I have a AMD Thunderbird 1GHz on ABit KT-7 Raid motherboard. At the time
it
> detects the Drives connected, it shows DVD Rom as Primary master, and
after
> boot up shows HDD as Primary Master. When both are present shouldn't it
show
> both of them?
> Secondly If I want to connect a Zip Drive , a CDR/W and another HDD. I
find
> myself running short of IDE port. As I have
> 1HDD - Primary Master
> and 1 DVD as secondary master.
> and 2 for CDR/W and other HDD. Now, Where can I place my Zipo Drive?
>
> Shail Sharma
>
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