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Re: [TCLUG:20134] [OT - Hardware] DMA-33, -66, -100 silliness
Ben Kochie wrote:
>
> hrm.. i thought all IDE, like scsi drives were backwards compatable, you
> should be able to use a DMA-66/100 drive on a DMA/33 box.. have a couple
> DMA-66 drives working that way around. mental help? maybe your board
> needs that.. flash update..
Heh, that worked.. Always nice to have a BIOS that is less than a year
old...
Of course, I had to find a DOS boot disk first. Always a challenge.
But I dd'd it, so now I'll always have one ;-)
> or try it in a similar board. fiscal
> help.. sorry.. my car got wrecked recently, i need fiscal help too :)
I wish you good fortune ;-)
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