No

A single IDE controller can only handle two IDE devices, Master and Slave.
Some Late model 486 boards have two on-board controllers, PCI bus, and can
even handle 72 pin  SIMM memory.  If the board you are using has a separate
controller card in an ISA slot (And No PCI Bus) you might check it to see if
there is another IDE controller on the controller card, if so you can add
another IDE Ribbon cable and add the new drive to the secondary IDE
controller.  If not, I think you may still be able to find a controller card
that does.
Also, some older SoundBlaster sound cards came with a IDE controller to
handle the CD-ROM, you may be able to run the CD with the sound card and
free-up the slave spot on the primary IDE controller for another HDD.

Others on this list know more than I on this subject, but HTH.
Mathew B. Browning
http://personal.mia.bellsouth.net/~mathewbr

-----Original Message-----

>Since I used the hdd out of the 386SX/25 I upgraded from, it is still only
>129MB... a rather weak link in the new set-up.  The same friend has a
500+MB
>hdd he'll give me.  The 40-pin ribbon cable has two connectors on it, and
>those are being used by my current hdd and the CD.  I'd like to ADD this
>second hdd to the mix (as opposed to simply replacing the current one).
Can
>I simply purchase a new ribbon cable with 3 connectors?

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