Is there a UNIVERSAL HDD docking station (IDE to IDE as well as IDE to SATA)?

stragglebod

Brian_Pamo said:

The PC’s in question are old but believe it or not one of them runs a CNC machine  (via a parallel port) worth over £10,000. The CNC machine manufacturer has already told me “When the PC’s die we will need to move you to our latest PC and software” and I can tell you that this is circa £8,000 + VAT. In true money saving style it is just not necessary. I literally have 20 Old PC’s in the loft. All are similar age to this PC. All have similar IDE/PATA HDD’s so there is just no need to scrap anything when with my knowledge and the help of you guys here I can achieve the desired. 

Thanks for your comments and assistance all. 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech-com-Express-Profile-Parallel-Adapter-Black/dp/B001Q7X0Z8/

forgotmyname

£26 eeehh i remember when they were tuppence per kg. 
From £3.971 on ebay for older PCI or £5.74 for PCIe cards.

stragglebod

forgotmyname said:

£26 eeehh i remember when they were tuppence per kg. 
From £3.971 on ebay for older PCI or £5.74 for PCIe cards.

Maybe, but for a business critical computer I'd go for a well known brand like Startech.

unforeseen

Up until 3 years ago Rolls Royce were using old pcs with ide to running specialised milling machines. The interface cards were designed to work with that particular model on XP only