On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 18:30, Michael Havens wrote: > > i gotta admit the idea of just buying something new is better/easier in > > this circumstance. > > Being unemployed for a year now necessitates that I cut costs. > -- -------- There's always penny wise and pound foolish buying a used SCSI controller would always be a mistake in favor of a $20 new CD-ROM - even if you could pick it up for $10 BUT you've already identified this as a 40 pin connector...hence, IDE - should be pretty much plug and play. Craig