See if you have a "bussmastering" controller chip.
(And are using bussmastering drivers with it.)
That is where the "old" was differentiated from the "new"...

                                 Rick Glazier

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hugh Vandervoort"
> Is there a definitive answer to whether it makes a significant
> difference whether a hard drive and a CD are installed on the same IDE
> chanel?
> This keeps coming up and some it makes no difference and some say the
> slower device will slow down the faster one.
> Let's say we're talking a bout a modern, fast system.

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