The converter won't work since that is for sata on ide while you are trying the reverse. The controller card being discussed would be a card capable of using sata ports even when an ide is present by acting as the intermediary there. The converter on the other hand is a one to one direct connection.
Often the controller cards added in are mainly for RAID where two drives see one logical drive spread across the two synced together. But they can be used to see additional ide drives added on as well. Your option with a number of ide hard drives where two can easily go on one ide channel would be to see two sata type optical drives replace the current pair since the cost on those is under $30 for just about any of them at this point. You get to put to use the ide hard drives onhand while still seeing two opticals at the same time.
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