[ale] old newbie

[Cornelis van Dijk]

Thanks for that message. Yes there are IDE to SATA adapters. I can
find the link if you need it. They are about fifteen bucks. Cor

On 12/25/10, Scott Castaline <skotchman at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/25/2010 06:20 PM, Cornelis van Dijk wrote:
>> Hello alers,
>>
>> I used to subscribe to this list a few years ago while running SuSE,
>> Redhat and Fedora.  I have been busy with other things since then. I
>> recently decided to upgrade my systems and I was appalled at the
>> changes in the technology. For instance, one can hardly get a
>> motherboard that has IDE ports on it. Some may have only one. What to
>> do with my IDE harddrives. and dvd burners, let alone my SCSI
>> equipment? I have to get all SATA or USB? Even my 2006 Scott Mueller
>> book  (Upgrading and Repairing PC's) is out of date. Are there
>> adapters for IDE to SATA  for example. Is there anyone with similar
>> problems or is there a good site for old newbie's like me?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Cor
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> Not sure if it'll help, but they still have PCI - IDE cards, I believe
> SIIG still has them at Fry's or MicroCenter. There are SATA2IDE
> Adapters, not sure if there are any problems with them, never tried them
> myself. Check Newegg, I think is where I saw them.
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