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CD-ROM and Hard Drive Interface
The internal hard drive uses intelligent device electronics (IDE) technology, commonly used in DOS-compatible systems. The IDE drive uses the standard advanced technology attachment (ATA) or IDE interface. The IDE hard drive functions the same as a typical SCSI hard drive. You must replace IDE drives like for like. The IDE drive does not affect SCSI ID selections or SCSI termination schemes. Seven external SCSI devices may be daisy-chained through the external SCSI port.
The CD-ROM drive uses the advanced technology adapter peripheral interface (ATAPI), not SCSI. The ATA and ATAPI interface schemes could be incompatible with some disk utility programs.
