> > So, if the controller supports Ultra-DMA mode 5, then it supports all
> > lower-numbered modes?  (I'm not a hardware kind of guy, so ``Ultra-DMA
> > mode 5'' is just some label...)
> 
> Yes. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to use a old drive with new controller :)

Ah, but this is an ``IBM-compatible'' PC.  Didn't IBM pioneer the concept
of planned obsolescance?  (^&


Thanks.


  "I probably don't know what I'm talking about." --rauch@eecs.ukans.edu