Rod, at 09:21 on Jun 28 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BL> My $10 2nd-hand VLB EIDE board has peculiar things written
BL> on it, especially "IDE MODE" with a choice of four settings:
BL> 600ns, 500nS, 400nS and 240nS. It came set at 600nS so I
BL> left it, but what does it BL> mean? Should I set it to 240nS?

BG> No idea.  What does the "manual" say (or didn't you get one) ?

RS> These are essentially the Mode thingos to the IDE drive as it says,
RS> but with the timing numbers quoted instead of saying PIO MODE 3 etc.

That sure sounds logical enough.

RS> That series of his are MODE 0-3

So he'd be better off setting his mode 4 HD to 240nS (the fastest) then?

BL> I started off with the idea that all I had to do was plug the CD on
BL> the end of the cable and my BIOS would work. Whata mistaka to maka!

BG> You still need drivers.

RS> There are a few bios with CDROM support in the bios. Uncommon tho.

Must be, 'cos I've never even heard of one, let alone seen one.

Regards, Bill
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