Re: [Emc-users] Which video card/driver for LinuxCNC?

[Jon E. <el...@pi...>]

Dave wrote:
> It is difficult to generalize, but on many existing older PCs you can 
> remove the existing motherboard and replace it with a D525MW.
> The D525MW does not have an IDE drive interface so if you want to reuse 
> the hard drive and CD rom etc, you need to make sure the existing PC
> has a SATA hard drive and CD/DVD drive.  I tend to reuse cases and power 
> supplies when possible, but motherboards, particulary the D525MW are 
> pretty cheap for what you get.
>   
There are SATA - IDE adapters.  They make them in IDE -> SATA and SATA 
-> IDE,
and apparently now there are bidirectional ones, so old drives can be 
read on newer
CPUs.  They are usually $9.99 from China.

Jon