Also, the express adapter greatly speeds up the IDE bus. I am getting 3.7 mb/sec compred to just over 1.5 mb / sec stock.
Same here. I'm getting 4.3 MB/sec. Like Illy, I have a Microbotics 1230xa, so no scsi for me. The express adapter is a great way to speed up disk transfers.
It's way cheaper than the fastata from Elbox. Maybe not as fast, but it sure has a nicer pricetag.
