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  From: michael <michael@home.lyppard.com.au>
  To  : Fraser Farrell <fraser@trilobytes.com.au>
  Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 20:44:12 +0930 (CST)

Re: Adding disks - controller info needed

Hi.

Don't waste too much time on it, if it looks dead, replace it with a new
io card - not much $ and maybe better design than the old one..

Michael

On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, Fraser Farrell wrote:

> I've got a Samba server - on a 486 - to which I would like
> to add a third (and maybe a fourth) HDD. The existing HDDs
> are running off the primary IDE of a VL-Bus multi I/O card.
> 
> But after much fiddling with jumpers I have not been able to
> get the secondary IDE working. I've also been unable to find
> any documentation on the card's jumper settings in dogpile,
> google, dejanews, or the major hardware sites.
> 
> It is possible that the secondary IDE is dead. My server was
> acquired with a single (Win95) HDD installed.
> 
> The card was made by a mob called Dataworld who are no
> longer in business. There's no FCC ID, but it does have
> "ADD2 MKIII" stencilled on it, and an Edge warranty sticker
> dated 94/95.
> 
> Does anyone have documentation for this thing, or a
> specimen with both IDEs running? 
> 
> The server doesn't have a free slot for another HDD
> controller card.
> 
> 
> TIA
> Fraser Farrell
> 
> 
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