re help adding a scsi drive can it coexist with an ide in article apr physchem ox ac uk mark physchem ox ac uk mark jackson writes in article apr oracle us oracle com ebosco us oracle com eric bosco writes i have a sx computer with a mg seagate ide drive and a controler built into the motherboard i want to add a scsi drive a quantum prodrive f mg formatted i have no documentation at all and i need your help as i understand it here is the process of adding such a drive could you please tell me if i m right buy a scsi contoler which one i know adaptec is good but they are kind of expensive are there any good boards in the region i want it to be compatible with os and unix if possible also i have seen on the net that there are scsi and scsi drives is this true does the adapter need to be the same as the drive what type of drive is the quantum i have tried others but i think that the adaptec is best value for money connect the drive to the adapter via a scsi cable and the power cable do i have to worry about the power supply i think i have watts and all i m powering are two floppies and the seagate drive i dont think you can mix the two types of drive unless you have one of the scsi ide cards that is available you will have to turn your ide off is this true i was under the impression that people on the net had both scsi and ide working together well that seems to be all is there anythiing i m forgetting any help is really appreciated i m lost eric ebosco us oracle com mark mark uk ac ox physchem
