Dave Fitzpatrick wrote:

> This is probably a stupid question but here goes anyway. I have two hard
> drives in my machine plus a cd-rom drive and a cdrw drive. I have space to
> add an internal zip or jaz drive. Can I have any more IDE devices or do I
> have to get a SCSI drive and, presumably, install a SCSI card, something I
> am not particularly confident about.

If they are all IDE devices, you are already reached the limit. There is a way
to have one more IDE device, if your sound card has a STANDARD IDE connector,
you can connect your CD-ROM to sound card and free up one more space for Zip.
I personaly do not agree to use this way. Your best solution is to buy a SCSI
card and SCSI zip, so you can add more devices later without problem (SCSI
interface support at least 7 devices on same cable). If you don't like to
spend on SCSI card, USB is a good idea.

Jun Qian

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